Apotriophtydeus wilkesi

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: Triophtydeidae
Subfamilia: Triophtydeinae
Genus: Apotriophtydeus
Species: Apotriophtydeus wilkesi

Name

Apotriophtydeus wilkesi (Strandtmann, 1967)

• Type locality: Pensacola Mountains, Dufek Massif (Antarctica)

• Holotype: BPBM 7064, ♂

Synonyms

Objective synonyms

• Tydeus wilkesi, original combination used by Strandtmann (1967: 74–75) and Rounsevell (1978)
• Triophtydeus wilkesi, subsequent combination proposed by Baker (1970: 163)
• Apotriophtydeus wilkesi, subsequent combination advanced by André (1980: 106) and used by André (1985: 192) — wilkesi differs from erebus by the number of eupathidia)

Subjective synonyms

• Tydeus erebus, junior synonym according to Rounsevell (1978)

Notes

• Description of adults and nymph
• Transferred from Tydeinae to Triophtydeinae by André (1980: 103), next transferred from Tydeidae to Triophtydeidae by André & Fain (2000: 437)
• Redescribed by André (1980: 109–111)

References

Primary 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.
• André, H.M. 1985. Redefinition of the genus Triophtydeus Thor, 1932 (Acari: Actinedida). Zoologische Mededelingen 59(16): 189–195. Abstract and full paper. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Rounsevell, D.E. 1978 (1977). Geographic variation in the size of an Antarctic mite Tydeus erebus Strandtmann (Acarina: Prostigmata). Acarologia 19(2): 209–219. Abstract and full article
• 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]

Additional references

• Sømme, L. 1980. Terrestrial arthropods from Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land (Acari, Collembola), with notes on their taxonomy. Publ. No. 17 of the Norwegian Antarctic Research Expeditions (1976/77 and 1978/79). Entomologica Scandinavica 11: 61–64.