Apotriophtydeus

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: Triophtydeidae
Subfamilia: Triophtydeinae
Genus: Apotriophtydeus

Species (6): A. alaskensis – A. erebus – A. penola – A. scotia – A. terror – A. wilkesi

Name

Apotriophtydeus André, 1980

• Original status: genus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species: Tydeus wilkesi Strandtmann, 1967; designated by André (1980: 111)

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. 
• Strandtmann, R.W. 1967. Terrestrial Prostigmata (trombidiform mites). In: Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Entomology of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 10: 51–80. Google books. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 68, and fig. 9]
• Usher, M.B. & Edwards, M. 1986. A biometrical study of the family Tydeidae (Acari, Prostigmata) in the maritime Antarctic, with descriptions of three new taxa. Journal of zoology (A) 209(3): 355–383. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb03599.x Reference page.