Melanotydaeus (Stylotydeus)

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: Melanotydaeus
Subgenus: M. (Stylotydeus)
Species (2): L. (M.) brevistylus and L. (M.) styliger

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Tydeus.

Stylotydeus Thor 1933

Subgenus erected by Thor (1933: 50) to accommodate brevistylus and styliger.
Synonymized with Tydeus by Baker & Wharton (1952: 191), synonymisation repeated by Baker (1965: 100).

Baker, E.W. 1965. A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae (Acarina). In: Naegele, J.A. (ed.). Advances in acarology (2). Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press: 96–133.
Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. An introduction to acarology. Macmillan, New York. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6810 Reference page.
Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84.