Pretydeus balocki

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: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Pretydeinae
Genus: Pretydeus
Species: balocki

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Pretydeus doddsi.

	Species inquirenda.
	The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is unclear. Please see discussion on the talk page.

Pretydeus balocki (Baker, 1944)

Type locality: in lichens along the road Mexico-Toluca near the river Rio Lerma (Mexico)
Holotype: USNM

Paralorryia doddsi, synonymy proposed by Baker (1947: 133) and used by Baker (1968: 1102)
Pretydeus doddsi, synonymy recalled by Kaźmierski (1998: 358)

Baker, E.W. 1944. Tideidos mexicanos (Acarina, Tydeidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Mexico, 5: 73–82.
Baker, E.W. 1947. Notes on mites of the family Tydeidae (Acarina) with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 49: 133–136. Reference page.
Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Paralorryia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 1097–1106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.5.1097
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.