Stylotydeus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Melanotydaeus
Subgenus: Stylotydeus
Species (0): —

• Species inquirendae: All component species, brevistylus and styliger

Name

Stylotydeus Thor, 1933

• Original status: subgenus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species: no type species designated by Thor (1933: 50)

Notes

• Subgenus erected by Thor (1933: 50) to accommodate brevistylus and styliger; currently, both mites are species inquirendae.
• Synonymized with Tydeus by Baker & Wharton (1952: 191), synonymisation repeated by Baker (1965: 100).

References

• Baker, E.W. 1965. A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae (Acarina). In: Naegele, J.A. (ed.). Advances in acarology (2). Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press: 96–133.
• Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. An introduction to acarology. Macmillan, New York. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6810 Reference page. 
• Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84.