Brachytydeus armindae

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: Brachytydeus
Species: B. armindae

Name

Brachytydeus armindae (Momen & Lundqvist, 2005)

• Type locality: from lichens and bark of old apple trees (Sweden).
• Holotype: ZMLU.

Synonyms

• Tydeus armindae, original combination
• Brachytydeus armindae, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 10)

Notes

• Specimens from Turkey redescribed with photographies by Çobanoğlu,S. et al. (2021).

References

• Çobanoğlu, S., Yeşilayer, A. & Öğreten, A. 2021. Brachytydeus armindae (Momen & Lundqvist, 2005); a new tydeid record (Acari : Prostigmata), with a revised key to Brachytydeus Thor species of Turkey. Journal of Agricultural Sciences 27(1) : 1–8. Reference page. 
• Momen, F.M. & Lundqvist, L. 2005. The genera Metalorryia and Tydeus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tydeidae), new and unrecorded species from south Sweden. International Journal of Acarology 31: 225–236.
• 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.