Tydeus munsteri

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: Tydeus
Species: Tydeus munsteri

Name

Tydeus munsteri Meyer & Ryke, 1959

Type locality: from an unidentified wild shrub, Munster (South Africa).

Holotype: Institute for Zoological Research of the Potchefstroom University – ♀.

Synonyms

Tydeus munsteri, original combination and combination subsequently used by Silva et al. (2016: 38)
Tydeus (Afrotydeus) munsteri, combination used by Baker (1970: 165)
Orthotydeus munsteri, combination used by André (1980: 128)

Discussion

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

Please see the discussion or the comment(s).

The genital chaetotaxy is not given in the original description. According to Baker (1970: 165), there are only 4 genitals in the adults [information also available in Kaźmierski (1998: 344) and to Silva et al. (2016: 57)]. There are 6 genitals according to André (1980: 128).

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.
Kaźmierski, A. (1998) Tydeinae of the world: generic relationships, new and redescribed taxa and keys to all species. A revision of the subfamilies Pretydeinae and Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) - part IV. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 41: 283–455.
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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