Brachytydeus stellatus

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 stellatus

Name

Brachytydeus stellatus (Carmona, 1972)

• Type locality: from leaves and twigs of Marcetella maderensis (Bornm.), Madeira Island (Portugal)
• Holotype: Estação Agronómica Nacional, Oeiras, Portugal.

Synonyms

• Lorryia stellata, original combination, also used by Kaźmierski (1998: 325)
• Brachytydeus stellatus, subsequent combination proposed by Kaźmierski (2008: 363)
• Brachytydeus stellata, incorrect subsequent spelling (gender) used by Silva et al. (2016: 25)

References

• Carmona, M.M. 1972. Lorryia stellata n. sp. (Acarina: Tydeidae). Agronomia Lusitania 33: 75–80. 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. 
• Kaźmierski, A. 2008. Description of two new species of Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) from Spain with the remarks about the Iberian species of subfamily. Annales Zoologici 58: 357–363.
• 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.