Brachytydeus zebramontanus

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 zebramontanus

Name

Brachytydeus zebramontanus (Meyer, 1988)

• Type locality: from Pentzia punctata Harv., Mountain Zebra National Park, Cape Province (South Africa).
• Holotype: PPRI, ♀.

Synonymy

• Tydeus zebramontanus, original combination
• Lorryia zebramontana, subsequent combination used by Kaźmierski (1998)
• Brachytydeus zebramontana, incorrect subsequent spelling (gender) used by Silva et al. (2016: 28)
• Brachytydeus zebramontanus, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 21) corrected under art. 34.2 of ICZN

References

• 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. 
• Meyer (Smith) M.K.P. & Ueckermann, E.A. 1988. South African Acari. III. On the Mites of the Mountain Zebra National Park. Koedoe 31: 1–29.
• 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.