Brachytydeus unguis

Taxonavigation

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 unguis

Name

Brachytydeus unguis (Karg, 1975)

• Type locality: from an apple orchard (Germany)
• Holotype: DEI

Synonyms

• Tydeus unguis, original combination
• Lorryia unguis, implicit subsequent combination advanced by Kaźmierski (1998: 336)
• Brachytydeus unguis, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 52)

Notes

• Junior synonym of Brachytydeus breviculus according to Kaźmierski (1998: 336)
• Synonymy reported by Silva et al. (2016: 52).

References

• Karg, W. 1975. Zur Kenntnis der Tydeiden (Acarina, Trombidiformes) aus Apfelanlagen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 194: 91–110.
• 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.