Taxonavigation

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Tydeus
Species: Tydeus spathulatus

Name

Tydeus spathulatus Oudemans, 1928

• Type locality: Padova (Italy) [lectotype locality]
• Lectotype designated by André (2005: 993) - RMNH, ♀

Comments

• Listed as "ancient species" by Kaźmierski (1998: 357).
• Species redescribed by André (2005: 992–993).
• Type species of the genus and the family designated by ICZN (2008).
• Sometimes confused with other species, e.g.Tydeus mvurwiensis.
• Species listed by Silva et al. (2016: 39).

References

• André, H.M. 2005. In search of the true Tydeus (Acari: Tydeidae). Journal of natural History, 39: 975–1001.

• 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. 
• ICZN 2008: OPINION 2190 (Case 3354). Tydeus Koch, 1836 (Arachnida, Acari): Tydeus spathulatus Oudemans, 1928 designated as the type species. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 65(1): 68. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306030308/http://iczn.org/content/opinion-2190-case-3354-tydeus-koch-1836-arachnida-acari-tydeus-spathulatus-oudemans-1928-des

• 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(2): 283–455. Reference page. 
• Oudemans, A.C. 1928. Acarologische aanteekeningen XCIV. Entomologische Berichten 7: 374–382 [516].
• Oudemans, A.C. 1937. Kritisch historisch Overzicht der Acarologie. Derde Gedeelde, Band C. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p I–XXIII, 799–1348.
• 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. 
• Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84.