Microtydeus rectangulus

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: Tydaeolinae
Genus: Microtydeus
Species: Microtydeus rectangulus

Name

Microtydeus rectangulus (Berlese, 1910)

• Type locality: in mosses, fields near Palermo, Sicily (Italy)
• Holotype: -

Synonyms

• Tydaeus rectangulus, original combination
• Microtydeus rectangulus, subsequent combination advanced by Thor (1933: 42)

Notes

• Listed as ‘‘ancient species’’ by Kaźmierski (1998: 357).
• It is not listed by Silva et al. (2016).

References

• Berlese, A. 1910. Acari nuovi. Redia 6(2): 199–234.
• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. Tydeinae of the world: generic relationships, new and redescribed taxa and keys to all species. A revision of the subfamilies Pretydeinae and Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) – part IV. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41(2): 283–455. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84.

Links

• "Checklist of the Italian fauna” on-line