Taxonavigation

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Lasiotydaeus
Subgenera (2): L. (Melanotydaeus) – L. (Lasiotydaeus)
Species (4 in nominal subgenus): L. glycyphaginus – L. krantzi – L. tyroglyphinus – L. volaticus

Name

Lasiotydaeus Berlese 1908 sensu Baker 1965

• Original status: genus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species: Lasiotydaeus glycyphaginus, type species by original designation [Berlese (1908: 15)]

Notes

• Genus, first monospecific, described by Berlese (1908: 15).
• It was divided in 2 subgenera by Berlese (1910: 211), the nominal subgenus with 2 species (L. glycyphaginus and L. tyroglyphinus) and Melanotydaeus with 5 species (L. (M.) mammillaris, L. (M.) humeralis, , L. (M.) simplex, L. (M.) raphignathoides and L. (M.) styliger).
• The genus was synonymized by Baker & Wharton (1952: 191).
• The synonymy was rejected by Baker (1965: 101).
• The genus was precisely redescribed by Baker (1965: 101-102) and André (1980).
• Genus not listed in Silva et al. (2016).

References

• 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. Reference page. 
• 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.
• Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. An introduction to acarology. Macmillan, New York. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6810 Reference page. 
• Berlese, A.. 1908. Elenco di generi e specie nuove di Acari. Redia 5(1): 1–15.
• 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.