Tydeus munsteri

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

ordo = Prostigmata
subordo = Eupodina
superfamilia = Tydeoidea
familia = Tydeidae
genus = "Tydeus"
species = "T. munsteri"
binomial = "Tydeus munsteri"
binomial_authority = Meyer & Ryke, 1959

"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 caffra" and "Psidium guajava".

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