Metapronematus leucohippeus

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: Iolinidae
Subfamilia: Pronematinae
Genus: Metapronematus
Species: M. leucohippeus

Name

Metapronematus leucohippeus (Treat, 1970)

• Type locality: from Epizeuxis aemula (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Tyringham, Massachusetts (U.S.A.).
• Holotype: NMNH, ♀.

Synonymy

• Pronematus leucohippeus, original combination
• Metapronematus leucohippeus, subsequent combination proposed by André (1980: 119)

Notes

• Description of adults, tritonymph, larva and egg.

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.
• Treat, A.E. 1970. Two tydeid mites from the ears of noctuid moths. American Museum Novitates 2426: 1–14. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/2636//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource