Tydeus munsteri
| Tydeus munsteri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Tydeidae |
| Genus: | Tydeus |
| Species: | T. munsteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Tydeus munsteri Meyer & Ryke, 1959 | |
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Tydeus munsteri is a species of mite belonging to the family Tydeidae. This very small oval, eyeless mite is around 250 μm in length with a soft body covered in striations. It has been recorded from various plants in the vicinity of Munster in South Africa including Citrus limonia, Erythrina afra and Psidium guajava.[1]
References
- ^ da Silva, Guilherme Liberato; Metzelthin, Maicon Henrique; da Silva, Onilda Santos; Ferla, Noeli Juarez (2016). "Catalogue of the mite family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with the world key to the species". Zootaxa. 4135. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4135.1.1. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- New species of mites of the families Tydeidae and Labidostommidae (Acarina: Prostigmata) collected from South African plants Magdelena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke Acarologia vol I