Tydeus grabouwi Meyer & Ryke

Ueckermann, Edward A., Situngu, Sivuyisiwe & Baker, Nigel P., 2022, Tydeid species from domatia bearing plants from South Africa with the description of two new species of the genusAfridiolorryia (Acari: Tydeidae), Acarologia 62 (2), pp. 497-507 : 505

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24349/a5f8-6nuj
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F549CFBC-9EC5-4AA0-A467-62B5E50A99C4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7160593
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/965EA076-D811-FFB7-FE3A-FBEFE408513D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tydeus grabouwi Meyer & Ryke
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Tydeus grabouwi Meyer & Ryke, 1959: 410 ; Ueckermann & Smith Meyer, 1988: 32 ; Kaźmierski, 1989b: 293 ; Kaźmierski, 1998: 344 ; Ueckermann & Grout, 2007: 2365 ; Da Silva et al., 2016: 36.

Material examined — 3 ♀ Alexandria Forest, on Rhoicissus tomentosa (Lam.) Wild & R.B. Drumm (Vitaceae) , 28 August 2014 ; 4 ♀ Stellenbosch, on Erhetia sp. (Boraginaceae) , 11 November 2014 ; 2♀, 2♂ Hogsback, on Berchellia sp. ( Rubiaceae ), 10 October 2014

3♀ Alexandria Forest, on R. tomentosa , 28 August 2014 ; 4 ♀ Stellenbosch, on Erhetia sp. (Boraginaceae) , 11 November 2014 ; 2♀, 2♂ Hogsback, on Berchellia sp. ( Rubiaceae ), 10 October 2014.

This species can be recognized by having four pairs of lanceolate/clavate setae, f2, h1–2, and ps1, caudally on opisthosoma.

World distribution — South Africa. This species regularly occurs in samples from the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces.