Brachytydeus varitas

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 varitas

Name

Brachytydeus varitas Theron & Ueckermann, 2012

• Type locality: on Protea neriifolia, Gordon’s Bay, Western Cape Province (South Africa).

• Holotype: PPRI, ♀

References

• Theron, N., Roets, F., Dreyer, L.L., Esler, K.J. & Ueckermann, E.A. 2012. A new genus and eight new species of Tydeoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Protea species in South Africa. International Journal of Acarology 38(3): 257–273. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2011.619576 Reference page.