Brachytydeus draciformis

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: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Brachytydeus
Species: Brachytydeus draciformis

Name

Brachytydeus draciformis (Kaźmierski, 1998)

• Type locality: Mosses at the base of an oak trunk (Quercus pyrenaica), Sierra de Guadarrama (Spain)

• Holotype: ZMUH, ♀

Synonyms

• Lorryia draciformis, original combination
• Brachytydeus draciformis, subsequent combination advanced by Kaźmierski (2008) and used by Silva et al. (2016: 13)

References

• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. Tydeinae of the world: generic relationships, new and redescribed taxa and keys to all species. A revision of the subfamilies Pretydeinae and Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) – part IV. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41(2): 283–455. Reference page. 
• Kaźmierski, A. 2008. Description of two new species of Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) from Spain with the remarks about the Iberian species of subfamily. Annales Zoologici 58: 357–363.
• 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.