Brachytydeus mutabilis

	Species inquirenda.
	The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is unclear. Please see discussion on the talk page.

Taxonavigation edit

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

Brachytydeus mutabilis (Koch, 1838)

The species is one of the 11 Tydeus described by Koch (1838).
Listed as ‘‘ancient species’’ by Kaźmierski (1998: 357) but not listed by Silva et al. (2016).
The slide "RMNH.ACA.P.5533" housed by the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, The Netherlands) bears the handwritten mention "Neotype".

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.
Koch, C.L. 1838. Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Fauna, Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Fauna, ser. Deutschlands Insecten ((Panzer) Herrich-Schäffer ed.), vol. 20, Regensburg. Plates 9 and 10.
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.
Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84.