Brachytydeus meliponarum

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 meliponarum

Name

Brachytydeus meliponarum (Da-Costa, Rodighero, Silva, Ferla, Blochtein, 2019)

• Type locality: from nests of Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Schwarz),, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
• Holotype: ESALQ, ♀.

Synonyms

• Lorryia meliponarum, original combination
• Brachytydeus meliponarum, transfer to the genus Brachytydeus by André (2023)

References

• André, H.M. 2023. Lorryia (Acariformes, Tydeidae): The evolutionary plasticity of an enigmatic genus. Acarologia 63(3): 844-855. Reference page. 
• Da-Costa, T., Rodighero, L.F., da Silva, G.L., Ferla, N.J. & Blochtein, B. 2019. Two new species of Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with stingless bees. Zootaxa 4652(1): 101–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.4 Reference page.