Afrotydeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Afrotydeus
Species (5): A. flabelliferus – A. kenyensis – A. novaezealandiae – A. smileyi – A. zairensis

Name

Afrotydeus Baker, 1970 [as subgenus of Tydeus]

Gender

Masculine

Type species

[Tydeus munsteri by original designation (Baker, 1970: 165) and maintained in the genus Tydeus with its own type-species]
Tydeus kenyensis as designated by André (1980: 106–107)

Synonyms

Tydeus: Tydeus munsteri, original combination used by Meyer & Ryke (1959)
Tydeus (Afrotydeus), subgenus proposed by Baker (1970)
Afrotydeus, genus rank proposed by André (1980: 107)

(Short) history

Afrotydeus was created by Baker (1970) as subgenus of Tydeus to accommodate three species: munsteri, kenyensis, and meyerae. These three species exhibit three different leg chaetotaxies. The subgenus was raised to full genus rank by André (1980: 106–107). The genus is listed by Silva et al. (2016: 8).

Discussion

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see the discussion or the comment(s).

The species included in the genus Afrotydeus might remain together in a new genus with a similar name (e.g. Afritydeus) and with the type-species designated by André. This will remove any ambiguities regarding the type-species and accord with ICZN.

References

André, H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge d’Entomologie 116: 103–130, 139–168. Reference page.

Baker, E.W. 1970. The genus Tydeus: subgenera and species group with descriptions of new species (Acarina: Tydeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63: 163–177. Reference page.
Meyer, M.K.P. & Ryke, P.A.J. 1959. New species of mites of the families Tydeidae and Labidostommidae (Acarina: Prostigmata) collected from South African plants. Acarologia 1: 408–420.

Silva, G.L. da, Metzelthin, M.H., Silva, O.S. da & Ferla, N.J. 2016. Catalogue of the mite family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with the world key to the species. Zootaxa 4135(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4135.1.1 . Reference page.

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