Tydeus mvurwiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa 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: T. mvurwiensis

Name

Tydeus mvurwiensis André, Ueckermann & Rahmani, 2010

• Type locality: from citrus near Mvurwi (Zimbabwe).
• Holotype: MRAC, ♀.

Notes

• First identified as Tydeus spathulatus by Ueckermann & Grout 2007.
• Species listed by Silva et al. (2016: 38).

References

• André, H.M., Ueckermann, E.A. & Rahmani, H. 2010. Description of two new species closely related to Tydeus spathulatus (Acari: Tydeidae) from Zimbabwe and Iran. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 6: 111–116.
• 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. 
• Ueckermann, E.A. & Grout, T.G. 2007. Tydeoid mites (Acari:Tydeidae, Edbakerellidae, Iolinidae) occurring on Citrus in southern Africa. Journal of Natural History 41: 2351–2378.

Links

• MRAC collection