Tydeus munsteri 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

Tydeus munsteri Meyer & Ryke

Tydeus munsteri Meyer & Ryke, 1959: 413 ; Ryke & Meyer, 1960: 266 ; Meyer & Rodrigues,

1966: 22; Kaźmierski, 1989b: 293 ; Kaźmierski, 1998: 341 ; Ueckermann & Grout, 2007: 2362 ;

Da Silva et al., 2016: 38.

Tydeus (Afrotydeus) munsteri (Meyer & Ryke) , Baker, 1970: 165.

Orthotydeus munsteri (Meyer & Ryke) , Andre, 1980: 128.

Material examined — 4 ♀ Alexandria Forest, on Ehretia rigida (Thunb.) Druce (Boraginaceae) , 28 August 2014 ; 2 ♀ Alexandria Forest, on Grewia occidentalis L. ( Malvaceae ), 28 August 2014 ; 2 ♀, one ♂, Gunubie, East London, on G. occidentalis , 26 September 2014 ; Kwelerha, East London, on Rhoicissus digitata (L.f.) Gilg & M. Brandt ( Vitaceae ), 27 September 2014 ; 4 ♀, Stellenbosch, Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach (Bignoniaceae) , 11 November 2014 ; 5 ♀ from Grahamstown, on Coprosma repens A. Rich (Rubiaceae) , October 2014.

This species is characterized by the following combination of characters: all dorsal setae, except for ro and la, short and leaf-like and pointed distally, ex also appear pointed distally in some specimens. Setae bo longest and slightly spatulate distally.

World distribution — South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, Florida USA. This species was sampled 28 times since description, present study included ( Meyer & Ryke, 1959, Ryke & Meyer, 1960, Meyer & Rodrigues, 1966, Baker, 1970 and Ueckermann & Grout, 2007).