Brachytydeus viviparus

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 viviparus

Name

Brachytydeus viviparus (Thor, 1931)

• Type locality: in Norway

• Holotype: Lost. (After Thor's death, his entire collection was destroyed in accordance with his will.)

Synonyms

• Retetydeus viviparus, original combination
• Lorryia vivipara, subsequent combination proposed by Baker (1968: 991)
• Brachytydeus viviparus, subsequent combination resulting from observations and generic synonymies made by André (2005: 990, 996)

Notes

• Species recorded in France by Grandjean (1938: 593–594), probably the oldest leg chaetotaxy published for Tydeidae. The phanerotaxy reported by Grandjean coincides with that of 'Brachytydeus.
• Listed as "ancient species" by Kaźmierski (1998: 357)
• Species not listed by Silva et al. (2016)

References

• André, H.M. 2005. In search of the true Tydeus (Acari: Tydeidae). Journal of Natural History 39: 975–1001. Reference page. 
• Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Lorryia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 986–1008. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/61.4.986 Reference page. 
• Grandjean, F. 1938. Observations sur les Tydeidae (2e série). Bulletin du Museum national d'histoire naturelle, 1ère Sér. 10(6): 593–600. PDF available
• 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: 283–455.
• 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. 
• Thor, S. 1931. Norwegische Tydeidae. I–VII. Mit Kennzeichnung vier neuer Gattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 94: 89–104. Reference page.