Pseudotydeus

Taxonavigation edit

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

Pseudotydeus Baker & Delfinado, 1974

First, the genus 'somewhat atypical of the Tydeidae' was placed in a new subfamily, the Pseudotydeinae, and assigned to the Tydeidae (Baker & Delfinado, 1974).
As suggested by André (1980: 151), the genus was transferred to Ereynetinae by André & Fain (2000: 436).
The transfer was confirmed and the genus described, for the first time from an adult, by André & Ducarme (2003).

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.
André, H.M. & Ducarme, X. 2003. Rediscovery of the genus Pseudotydeus (Acari: Tydeoidea), with description of the adult using digital imaging. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 34: 373–380.
André, H.M. & Fain, A. 2000. Phylogeny, ontogeny and adaptive radiation in the superfamily Tydeoidea (Acari: Actinedida), with a reappraisal of morphological characters. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 130(3): 405–448. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb01636.x DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1999.0237

Baker, E.W. & Delfinado, M.D. 1974. Pseudotydeinae, a new subfamily of Tydeidae (Acarina). Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington, 76: 444–447.