Metalorryia armaghensis

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: Metalorryia
Species: M. armaghensis

Name

Metalorryia armaghensis (Baker, 1968)

• Type locality: ex apple, Bramley, Richhill, County Armagh (Ireland)
• Holotype: USNM 3197, TN.

Synonyms

• Lorryia armaghensis, original combination used by Baker (1968: 1003)
• Metalorryia armaghensis, subsequent combination advanced by André (1980: 107)

Notes

• Type species of the genus
• Species redescribed by André (1980: 108–119) & André (1987: 156) and listed by Silva et al. (2016: 29).

References

• André, H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge d’Entomologie 116: 103–130, 139–168. Reference page. 
• André, H.M. 1987. Tydeinae from Belgium (Acari : Tydeidae). II. The genera Tydeus, Idiolorryia and Metalorryia. Acarologia 28(2): 151–159. Abstract and full article

• Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Lorryia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 61: 986–1008.
• 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.