Pretydeus curiosa

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: Pretydeus curiosa

Name

Pretydeus curiosa (Ueckermann & Smith Meyer, 1979)

• Type locality: on Maytenus nemorosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.), Matubatuba, Zululand.
• Holotype: PPRI, ♀.

Synonymy

• Lorryia curiosa, original combination
• Pretydeus curiosa, subsequent combination advanced by André (1980: 144) and adopted by Silva et al. (2016: 7)

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. 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. 
• Ueckermann, E.A. & Smith Meyer, M.K.P. 1979. African Tydeidae. I. The genus Lorryia Oudemans, 1925. Phytophylactica 11: 43–50.