Tydeus grabouwi

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Tydeus grabouwi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Superorder: Acariformes
Order: Prostigmata
Suborder: Eupodina
Superfamily: Tydeoidea
Family: Tydeidae
Genus: Tydeus
Species: T. grabouwi
Binomial name
Tydeus grabouwi
Meyer & Ryke, 1959

Tydeus grabouwi is a species of mite belonging to the family Tydeidae. This oval, eyeless mite is around 400 μm in length with a soft body covered in striations. All the legs are shorter in length than the body. It has been recorded from a wide range of plants in South Africa.

[edit] References

  • 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