Smithmeyerella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eriophyoidea
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: Eriophyoidea

Familia: Eriophyidae
Genus: Smithmeyerella
Species (1): S. bicristata

Name

Smithmeyerella Amrine, Stasny & Flechtmann (2003)

• Original status: genus (replacement name for Meyerella (preoccupied name) published by André & Flechtmann (2024)
• Gender: feminine
• Type species: Tegoprionus bicristatus (Smith Meyer, 1989); designated by Amrine et al. (2003)

References

• André, H.M. & Flechtmann, C.H.W. 2024. Smithmeyerella, a replacement name for Meyerella Amrine et al. (Acariformes, Eriophyidae), a preoccupied name. Systematic & Applied Acarology 29(5): 559. Reference page. 
• Amrine, J.W. Jr, Stasny T.A.H. & Flechtmann, C.H.W. 2003. Revised keys to world genera of Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). West Bloomfield: Indira Publishing House. pp. 244. Reference page. 
• Smith Meyer, M.K.P. 1989. African Eriophyoidea: the genus Tegoprionus Keifer, 1961 (Acari, Eriophyidae). Phytophylactica 21: 419-420.