Review of the Paratydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata), with description of three new species
Journal: Zootaxa
Year: 2017

The family Paratydeidae is reviewed. The genera Paratydeus, Sacotydeus and Walytydeus are considered as junior synonyms of Scolotydaeus, but Neotydeus is confirmed as a distinct genus. Five species are redescribed: Neotydeus ardisanneae Baker, 1950, Scolotydaeus alexanderi (Baker, 1949) comb. nov. (from Paratydeus) , S. lootsi (Theron et al., 1969) comb. nov. (from Sacotydeus), S. tauricus (Kuznetsov, 1973) comb. nov. (from Walytydeus), Tanytydeus simplex (Delfinado and Baker, 1974) comb. nov. (