Tydulosus

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

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Tydulosus
Species (4): T. dumosus — T. granulosus — T. lolitae — T. visendus

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Brachytydeus or Tydeus.

Tydulosus Baker, 1965

Original status: genus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Tydeus granulosus Canestrini, 1886 by original designation (Baker, 1965: 103)

The genus Tydulosus was erected by Baker (1965: 103) for species with a basket-weave pattern.
It comprised up to 4 species and was synonymized with Tydeus by André (1980: 154)
Three species, dumosus, granulosus and visendus, are included in the genus Brachytydeus by Silva et al. (2016), lolitae is included in the genus Tydeus.

André H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie 116 (4/6): 103–168.
Baker, E.W. 1965. A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae (Acarina). In: Naegele J.A. (ed.) Advances in acarology 2. Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press: 96–133. Reference page.
Canestrini, G. 1886. Prospetto dell’Acarofauna Italiana. Atti del Reale Instituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 6: 693–734.
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.