Scolotydaeus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Anystina
Superfamilia: Paratydeoidea

Familia: Paratydeidae
Genus: Scolotydaeus
Name

Scolotydaeus Berlese, 1910

Original status: genus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Scolotydaeus bacillus by original designation

Notes

The genus was described by Berlese (1910: 214) with no explicit assignation. It was described between Tydaeolus and Coleotydaeus, two tydeid genera at that time.
The genus was moved from the Tydeidae and placed in the Paratydeidae by Baker (1950: 289).

References

Berlese, A. 1910. Acari nuovi. Redia 6: 199-234.
Baker, E.W. 1950. Further notes on the family Paratydeidae (Acarina), with a description of another new genus and species. Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences 40: 289–291.