Paratydeidae

Life-forms

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: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Anystina
Superfamilia: Paratydeoidea

Familia: Paratydeidae
Genera (3): Neotydeus – Scolotydaeus – Tanytydeus
Name

Paratydeidae Baker (1949)

Original status: valid family

Notes

The family Paratydeidae was erected by Baker (1949) to accommodate a new genus Paratydeus.
In a follow-up paper, 3 genera were included: Neotydeus, Paratydeus and Scolotydaeus (Baker, 1950: 289). Scolotydaeus was removed from the Tydeidae (Baker, 1950: 289). The 3 genera are listed by Baker (1965: 189).
The family is divided in 6 genera according to Seeman & Walter (2000: 393): Hexatydeus, Neotydeus, Paratydeus, Sacotydeus, Scolotydaeus and Tanytydeus.
The number of genera was reduced to 3 by Khaustov (2017): Neotydeus, Scolotydaeus and Tanytydeus.
The family was part of Tydeoidea in the 2nd edition of A manual of Acarology (Krantz, 1978: 236). It became part of Paratydeoidea in the next edition (Lindquist et al., 2009: 99).

References

Baker, E.W. 1949. Paratydeidae, a new family of mites (Acarina). Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington 51: 119–122.
Baker, E.W. 1950. Further notes on the family Paratydeidae (Acarina), with a description of another new genus and species. Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences 40: 289–291.
Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. An introduction to acarology. Macmillan, New York. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6810 Reference page.
Khaustov, A.A. 2017. Review of the Paratydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4303(2): 151–212. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.1. Reference page.
Krantz, G.W. 1978. A Manual of Acarology, Second Edition. Oregon State University Bookstores, Corvallis.
Lindquist, E.E., Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. 2009. Classification. pp. 97–103 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds) A manual of acarology. Third edition. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock Texas. ISBN 0896726207
Lindquist, E.E.; Moraza, M.L. 2010: Revised diagnosis of the family Blattisociidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseioidea), with a key to its genera and description of a new fungus-inhabiting genus from Costa Rica. Zootaxa 2479: 1–21. Preview Reference page.
Seeman, O. & Walter, D.E. 2000 (1999). A review of the Paratydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with descriptions of the first Australian representatives, Tanytydeus lamington sp. nov. and T. kakadu sp. nov. Acarologia 40: 393–400.