Tydeus grabouwi

Taxobox
name = "Tydeus grabouwi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
superordo = Acariformes

ordo = Prostigmata
subordo = Eupodina
superfamilia = Tydeoidea
familia = Tydeidae
genus = "Tydeus"
species = "T. grabouwi"
binomial = "Tydeus grabouwi"
binomial_authority = 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.

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