Brachytydeus leonorae

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 leonorae

Name

Brachytydeus leonorae (Ueckermann & Smith Meyer, 1979)

• Type locality: from Zygophyllum microcarpum Licht. ex Cham., Sendelingsdrif, Cape Province (South Africa).
• Holotype: PPRI, ♀.

Synonymy

• Paralorryia leonorae, original combination
• Lorryia leonorae, subsequent combination used by Kaźmierski (1998: 309)
• Brachytydeus leonorae, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 17)

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. 
• 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. 
• Ueckermann, E.A. & Smith Meyer M.K.P. 1979. African Tydeidae (Acari). II. The genus Paralorryia Baker 1965. Phytophylactica 11: 117–127.