Brachytydeus pseudoplacitus

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 pseudoplacitus

Name

Brachytydeus pseudoplacitus (Khaustov, Hugo-Coetzee & Ermilov, 2020)

• Type locality: in the nests of termites Trinervitermes trinervoides, Franklin Game Reserve on Naval Hill, Bloemfontein (South Africa)
• Holotype: TUMZ, slide AK221018/T - ♀

Synonyms

• Lorryia pseudoplacita, original combination
• Brachytydeus pseudoplacitus, 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. 
• Khaustov, A.A., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. & Ermilov, S.G. 2020. A new species of Lorryia (Acari: Tydeidae) from a termite nest in South Africa. Acarina 28(1): 47–53. Reference page.