Melissotydeus macrosolenus

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: Melissotydeus
Species: M. macrosolenus

Name

Melissotydeus macrosolenus André, 1985

• Type locality: from nests of Partamona (Partamona) mourei (Apidae, Meloponinae) in Mucajai, Roraima (Brazil)

• Holotype: Dpt. Zoologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Piracicaba, SP, ♀.

Notes

• Species listed by Silva et al. (2016: 29).

References

• André H.M. 1985. Acari domum meliponinarum brasiliensium habitantes. 10. Melissotydeus macrosolenus gen. n., sp. n. (Acari: Tydeidae). Bulletin & Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie 21: 243–246.
• 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.