Tydeus eriophyes

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

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

"Tydeus eriophyes" is a species of mite belonging to the family Tydeidae. This small oval, eyeless mite is around 300 μm in length with a soft body covered in striations. It can be distinguished from similar species by the bluntly pointed, rod-like dorsal setae. This species is associated with the gall mite "Eriophyes vitis" on grapevines in the vicinity of Grabouw, 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