Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acaroidea

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: Oribatida Infraordo: Desmonomata Cohort: Astigmata Subordo: Acaridia Superfamilia: Acaroidea

Familia: Acaridae
Subfamilia: Acarinae
Genus: Tyrophagus
Species: Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Name

Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank, 1781)

• Primary type: neotype
  • Fixation: designated by Robertson, 1959: 157
  • Description: male
  • Repository: RMNH 17 (Oudemans Collection)
• Type locality: 'Hilversum'
• Primary type: neotype
  • Fixation: designated by Klimov & OConnor, 2009: 109
  • Description: male
  • Repository: UMMZ BMOC 08-1010-002
• Type locality: 'from culture maintained in the Crop Research Institute (Prague, Czech Republic), started from specimens collected in Czech Republic, Buštehrad, grain store'

Synonymy

• Acarus putrescentiae Schrank, 1781
• Tyroglyphus americanus Banks, 1906
• Tyroglyphus breviceps Banks, 1906 [Klimov & OConnor, 2009: 95 [abstract] (n. syn.)]
• Tyroglyphus cocciphilus Banks, 1906 [Klimov & OConnor, 2009: 95 [abstract] (n. syn.)]
• Tyroglyphus longior var. castellanii Hirst, 1912
• Tyroglyphus australasiae Oudemans, 1916
• Tyroglyphus neotropicus Oudemans, 1917 [Fan & Zhang, 2007b: 271 ('syn. nov.')]
• Tyrophagus amboinensis Oudemans, 1925
• Tyroglyphus nadinus Lombardini, 1944
• ?Tyrophagus communis Fan & Zhang, 2007 [Klimov & OConnor, 2009: 95 [abstract] (n. syn.), 107 (n. syn.)]
• ?Tyrophagus fanetzhangorum

Type data

• amboinensis Oudemans: Lectotype designated by Klimov & OConnor (2009: 107): RMNH. Male
  • Type locality:
  • Paralectotypes
• americanus Banks: Lectotype designated by Klimov & OConnor (2009: 101): USNM. Male
  • Type locality: Washburn, Minnesota, USA
  • Paralectotypes
• australasiae Oudemans: Lectotype designated by Klimov & OConnor (2009: 106): RMNH. Male
  • Type locality:
  • Paralectotypes
• breviceps Banks: Lectotype designated by Klimov & OConnor (2009: 101–102): USNM. Female
  • Type locality: Victoria, Texas, USA
  • Paralectotypes
• castellanii Hirst: Lectotype designated by Klimov & OConnor (2009: 106): BMNH. Male
  • Type locality:
  • Paralectotypes
• cocciphilus Banks: Lectotype designated by Klimov & OConnor (2009: 106): USNM. Female
  • Type locality:
  • Paralectotypes
• communis Fan & Zhang: Holotype: NZAC. Female
  • Type locality: Bioforce Ltd., Pukekohe, New Zealand AK
  • Paratypes
• nadinus Lombardini: Lectotype designated by Klimov & OConnor (2009: 107): ISZA. Male
  • Type locality:
  • Paralectotypes
• neotropicus Oudemans: Lectotype designated by Klimov & OConnor (2009: 107): RMNH. Female
  • Type locality: South America
  • Paralectotypes

References

• Fan, Q.-H.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2007: Tyrophagus (Acari: Astigmata: Acaridae). Fauna of New Zealand (56) Extract and PDF Reference page. 
• Fan, Q.-H.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2007: Revision of some species of Tyrophagus (Acari: Acaridae) in the Oudemans Collection. Systematic & applied acarology 12(3-4): 253–280. Abstract Reference page. 
• Klimov, P.B.; OConnor, B.M. 2009: Conservation of the name Tyrophagus putrescentiae, a medically and economically important mite species (Acari: Acaridae). International journal of acarology 35(2): 95–114. DOI: 10.1080/01647950902902587 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Klimov, P.B.; OConnor, B.M. 2010: Case 3501. Acarus putrescentiae Schrank, 1781 (currently Tyrophagus putrescentiae; Acariformes, ACARIDAE): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a replacement neotype. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 67(1): 24–27. Abstract Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Macfarlane, R.P. 2005: Mites associated with bumble bees (Bombus: Apidae) in New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 19: 29–34. Reference page. 
• Melville, R.V. 1985: Opinion 1298. Tyrophagus Oudemans, 1924 (Acarina): clarification of name of type species and conservation. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 42(2): 124–126. BHL Reference page. 
• Robertson, P.L. 1959: A revision of the genus Tyrophagus, with a discussion on its taxonomic position in the Acarina. Australian journal of zoology 7(2): 146-182. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9590146 Reference page. 
• Robertson, P.L. 1981: Tyrophagus Oudemans, 1924 (Acarina): proposals to clarify the name of the type species and to conserve the name of an important pest species. Z.N.(S.)1450. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 38(2): 125-129. BHL Reference page.