Apotriophtydeus wilkesi

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Apotriophtydeus Species: Apotriophtydeus wilkesi

Apotriophtydeus wilkesi (Strandtmann, 1967)

Tydeus wilkesi, original combination used by Strandtmann (1967: 74–75) and Rounsevell (1978)
Triophtydeus wilkesi, subsequent combination proposed by Baker (1970: 163)
Apotriophtydeus wilkesi, subsequent combination advanced by André (1980: 106) and used by André (1985: 192) — wilkesi differs from erebus by the number of eupathidia)

Description of adults and nymph
Transferred from Tydeinae to Triophtydeinae by André (1980: 103), next transferred from Tydeidae to Triophtydeidae by André & Fain (2000: 437)
Redescribed by André (1980: 109–111)

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.
André, H.M. 1985. Redefinition of the genus Triophtydeus Thor, 1932 (Acari: Actinedida). Zoologische Mededelingen 59(16): 189–195. Abstract and full paper. 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.
Rounsevell, D.E. 1978 (1977). Geographic variation in the size of an Antarctic mite Tydeus erebus Strandtmann (Acarina: Prostigmata). Acarologia 19(2): 209–219. Abstract and full article
Strandtmann, R.W. 1967. Terrestrial Prostigmata (trombidiform mites). In: Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Entomology of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 10: 51–80. Google books. Reference page. [first availability, see p. 68, and fig. 9]

Sømme, L. 1980. Terrestrial arthropods from Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land (Acari, Collembola), with notes on their taxonomy. Publ. No. 17 of the Norwegian Antarctic Research Expeditions (1976/77 and 1978/79). Entomologica Scandinavica 11: 61–64.