Taxonavigation

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Tydeus
Species: Tydeus viburni

Name

Tydeus viburni (Koch, 1838)

• Type locality: in the pasture, Orb near Regensburg (Germany)
• Holotype: Lost.

Notes

• According to Koch (1842: 59-60), T. viburni has a chaetotaxy different from that of T. urticae and belongs to another group. The absence of "schulderborsten" is also reported by Thor (1933: 31).
• The synonymy advanced by Pritchard & Baker (1955: 437) is rejected by André (2021: 1029) and the species is resurrected from synonymy.
• Listed as ‘‘ancient species’’ by Kaźmierski (1998: 357).
• Species not listed by Silva et al. (2016).

Discussion

• The species has never been recorded since the original description. Tydeus viburni might be the old name of Tydeus goetzi since both mites are frequent on Viburnum André (2011: 77–80). The hypothesis was advanced by André (2021: 1031).

References

• André, H.M. 2021. The Tydeoidea (Ereynetidae, Iolinidae, Triophtydeidae and Tydeidae) - An online database in the Wikispecies platform. Acarologia 61(4): 1023-1035. DOI: 10.24349/6yc5-1lxw Reference page. 

• André, H.M. 2011. Dugès’ caudatus is a Tenuipalpidae and not a Tydeidae (Acari). Acarologia 51(1): 69–85. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 
• Berlese, A. 1882–1893. Acari, Myriapoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Ordo Prostigmata (Trombidiidae). Patavii, Sumptibus auctoris.
• Canestrini, G. 1886. Prospetto dell'acarofauna ltaliana. Atti 1st. Veneto. 6(4): 693–734.

• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. Tydeinae of the world: generic relationships, new and redescribed taxa and keys to all species. A revision of the subfamilies Pretydeinae and Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) – part IV. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41(2): 283–455. Reference page. 
• Koch, C.L. 1838. Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Fauna, Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Fauna, ser. Deutschlands Insecten ((Panzer) Herrich-Schäffer ed.), vol. 17, Regensburg. Plate 18.
• Koch, C.L. 1842. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems, heft 3, C.H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, pp. 1–131 + plates.
• Oudemans, A.C. 1937. Kritisch historisch Overzicht der Acarologie. Derde Gedeelde, Band C. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p I–XXIII, 799–1348.
• Pritchard, A.E. & Baker, E.W. 1955. A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Pacific Coast Entomological Society, Memoirs Series 2: 1-472.
• 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. 
• Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84.