Orthotydeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Orthotydeus

Orthotydeus André, 1980

The genus Orthotydeus was erected by André (1980: 127–128) who cited three species: O. goetzi, O. lindquisti and O. munsteri (already the type species of Afrotydeus designated by Baker (1970: 165).
It was synonymized with Tydeus by André (2005: 996)

André H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie 116 (4/6): 103–168.
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.

This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.