Pretriophtydeus tilbrooki

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: Triophtydeidae
Subfamilia: Triophtydeinae
Genus: Pretriophtydeus
Species: Pretriophtydeus tilbrooki

Name

Pretriophtydeus tilbrooki (Strandtmann, 1967)

• Type locality: from lichen, Danco Island (Antarctica).

• Holotype: BMNH, ♂.

Synonymy

• Tydeus tilbrooki, original combination used by Strandtmann (1967: 71–72)
• Triophtydeus tilbrooki, subsequent combination proposed by Baker (1970: 163)
• Pretriophtydeus tilbrooki, subsequent combination proposed by André (1980: 143)

Notes

• Description of adults and nymphs
• Transferred from Tydeinae to Triophtydeinae by André, H.M. (1980: 143)
• Redescribed by André, H.M. (1980: 143)

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.
• Baker, E.W. 1970. The genus Tydeus: subgenera and species groups with descriptions of new species (Acarina: Tydeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63: 163–177. [1]
• Strandtmann, R.W. 1967. Terrestrial Prostigmata (trombidiform mites). In: Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Entomology of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 10: 51–80. Google books. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 68, and fig. 9]