Melanotydaeus simplex

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: Melanotydaeus
Species: Melanotydaeus simplex

Name

Melanotydaeus simplex Berlese, 1910

• Type locality: in mosses, field near Palermo (Sicily, Italy).
• Holotype:

Synonyms

• Lasiotydaeus (Melanotydaeus) simplex, original combination
• Melanotydaeus (Melanotydaeus) simplex, subsequent combination used by Thor (1931)

Notes

• Berlese (1910: 211) also described a variety from Etruria (var. baculiger).
• Listed as "ancient species" by Kaźmierski (1998: 357).
• Species not listed by Silva et al. (2016).

References

• Berlese, A. 1910. Acari nuovi. Redia 6(2): 199–234.
• 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. 
• Thor, S. 1931. Norwegische Tydeidae. I–VII. Mit Kennzeichnung vier neuer Gattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 94: 89–104. Reference page.