Proctotydaeus (Proctotydaeus) lineata

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: Pronematinae
Genus: Proctotydaeus
Subgenus: Proctotydaeus
Species: P. (P.) lineata

Name

Proctotydaeus (Proctotydaeus) lineata (Price, 1972)

• Type locality: from bases of wings of Schistocerca sp. (Orthoptera, Acrididae), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos
• Holotype: -

Synonymy

• Anolina lineata: original combination
• Proctotydaeus lineata: subsequent combination used by André (1984: 181)
• Proctotydaeus (Proctotydaeus) lineata: subsequent combination used by Kaźmierski (1998)

Notes

• Probably a junior synonym of Proctotydaeus (Proctotydaeus) schistocercae (same locality, same host, species very similar) (see André (1984: 181) & Kaźmierski (1998: 43, 44)).

References

• André, H.M. 1984. Redefinition of the Iolinidae (Acari: Actinedida), with a discussion of their familial and superfamilial status. In: Griffiths, D. A. & Bowman, C. E. (Eds), Acarology VI, vol. 1, Ellis Horwool Publishers, Chichester: 180–185.
• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. A review of the genus Proctotydaeus Berlese (Actinedida:Tydeidae:Pronematinae). Acarologia 39: 33–47. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 
• Price, D.W. 1972. A new iolinid mite from the Galapagos Islands (Acarina: Iolinidae). Ann. entomol. Soc. Amer., 65 (4): 793–796.