Taxonavigation

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'

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.