First record of the genus Tanytydeus (Acari: Paratydeidae) from South America with description of a new species from the Patagonian forests of Argentina

Abstract

All active stages of Tanytydeus nothofagi n. sp. are described from northwestern Patagonian forests in Argentina where it was collected on bare tree bark of Nothofagus dombeyi. The genus Tanytydeus is recorded from South America for the first time.