Triophtydeus sampsoni

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: Triophtydeus
Species: Triophtydeus sampsoni

Name

Triophtydeus sampsoni (Baker, 1946)

• Type locality: fig buds, Richmond, California (USA)
• Holotype: CAS

Synonyms

• Tydeus sampsoni, original combination
• Triophtydeus sampsoni, subsequent combination used by Baker (1970: 163)

Notes

• Species inquirenda according to André (1985: 193).
• Listed as ‘‘ancient species’’ by Kaźmierski (1998: 358).

References

• André, H.M. 1985. Redefinition of the genus Triophtydeus Thor, 1932 (Acari: Actinedida). Zool. Med. Leiden, 59 (16): 189–195.
• Baker, E.W. 1946. Some Tydeidae (Acarina) from the fig tree (Ficus carica L.). Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas 4: 255–261. Reference page. 
• Baker, E.W. 1970. The genus Tydeus: subgenera and species group with descriptions of new species (Acarina: Tydeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63: 163–177. Reference page. 
• 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.