Brachytydeus schusteri

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 schusteri

Name

Brachytydeus schusteri (André & Naudo, 1965)

• Type locality: rocky seaside near São Sebastião (Brazil).
• Holotype: MNHN, Ad.

Synonyms

• Pertydeus schusteri, original combination
• Tydeus (Pertydeus) schusteri, subsequent designation used by Baker (1970: 165)
• Lorryia schusteri, subsequent designation used by Kaźmierski (1998)
• Brachytydeus schusteri, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 24)

Notes

• The description by André & Naudo is a bit confusing. Indeed, the description of the new species and the type species of Pertydeus designate Pertydeus schusteri (and NOT Tydeus (Pertydeus) schusteri). But two lines before and in the title, it is stated that Pertydeus is a subgenus of Tydeus. This classification is followed by Baker (1970: 165).

References

• André, M. & Naudo, M.H. 1965. Pertydeus schusteri, n. sgen., n. sp., nouveau Tydeus à griffe pulvillaire (Tydeidae). Acarologia 7(4): 673–682. Abstract and full paper (PDF). Reference page. 
• Baker, E.W. 1970. The genus Tydeus: subgenera and species groups with descriptions of new species (Acarina: Tydeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63(1): 163–177. Reference page. 
• 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.