Ereynetes meliponae

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: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Ereynetinae
Genus: Ereynetes
Subgenus: Anereynetes
Species: Ereynetes meliponae

Name

Ereynetes meliponae Flechtmann, Fain & Leal, 1985

• Type locality: from the nest of a stingless bee, Melipona scutellaris Latreille, Recife, Pernambuco (Brasil).
• Holotype: ESALQ, ♀

Synonyms

• Ereynetes (Gymnereynetes) meliponae, original combination
• Ereynetes (Anereynetes) meliponae, subsequent combination used by Fain & Camerik (1994: 151) and by André & Fain (2000: 418).

References

• André, H.M. & Fain, A. 2000. Phylogeny, ontogeny and adaptive radiation in the superfamily Tydeoidea (Acari: Actinedida), with a reappraisal of morphological characters. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 130(3): 405–448. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb01636.x DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1999.0237

• Fain, A. & Camerik, A.M. 1994. Notes on the mites of the genus Ereynetes Berlese (Acari: Ereynetinae), with description of five new species from South Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, entomologie 64: 145–164. PDF. Reference page. 
• Flechtmann, C.H.W., Fain, A. & Leal, M. do Carmo A., 1985. Acari domum meliponinarum brasiliensium habitantes. VII. Ereynetes (Gymnereynetes) meliponae nov. spec. (Acari, Ereynetidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 45(1-2): 95-99.