• Ebdakerellidae André, H.M. 2004. Revalidation of Oriola and replacement name for Meyerella (Acari: Tydeoidea). International Journal of Acarology 30: 279–280 [replacement name].
• Triophtydeinae André, H.M. 1979. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). I. Introduction, paradigms and general classification. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 108: 189–208 [nomen nudum].
• Meyerellidae André, H.M. 1979. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). I. Introduction, paradigms and general classification. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 108: 189–208 [invalid name].
• Triophtydeinae André, H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 116: 103–168 [nomen nudum].

Introduction

The name of this family has been subject to some nomenclatural complications. The genus Triophtydeus Thor, 1932 was traditionally placed in the family Tydeidae. André (1979, 1980) then revised the Tydeidae and established the new family-group name Triophtydeinae. Unfortunately André (1979, 1980) specifically excluded the genus Triophtydeus from the subfamily Triophtydeinae and the family Tydeidae. The family-group name Triophtydeinae is therefore not available, because it is not based on the name of an included genus (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Articles 11.7.1.1 and 13.2). André (1979, 1980) also established the subfamily Meyerellinae, apparently with type genus Meyerella Baker, 1968. André & Fain (2000) promoted the subfamily Meyerellinae to the family level, to include the subfamilies Meyerellinae and Triophtydeinae. The name Meyerellidae therefore appears to be available as a name for the family that includes Triophtydeus. However, Meyerellidae is also unavailable, because the name of its type genus, Meyerella Baker, 1968, is a junior homonym of Meyerella Gray, 1872 (Porifera) (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Article 39). André (2004) proposed Edbakerella as a replacement name for Meyerella Baker, 1968, and Edbakerellidae as a replacement name for Meyerellidae, and this therefore becomes the valid name of the family. Walter et al. (2009) used the unavailable name Triophtydeidae for this family.

The family includes about 40 species found in soil, under bark, and on plants, but their biology is almost completely unknown (Walter et al 2009). The family is known in Australia only from scattered records of unidentified species in the genus Triophtydeus collected on plants and in soil.

General References

André, H.M. 1979. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). I. Introduction, paradigms and general classification. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 108: 189–208

André, H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 116: 103–168

André, H.M. 2004. Revalidation of Oriola and replacement name for Meyerella (Acari: Tydeoidea). International Journal of Acarology 30: 279–280

André, H.M. & Fain, A. 2000. Phylogeny, ontogeny and adaptive radiation in the superfamily Tydeoidea (Acari: Actinedida), with a reappraisal of morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130: 405–448

Baker, E.W. 1968. Two new genera of Tydeidae (Acarina). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 968–970

Thor, S. 1932. Norwegische Tydeidae VIII-XV, mit Bemerkungen über die Gattung Tydeus und über Augen, Tracheen usw. Zoologischer Anzeiger 98: 69-91

Walter, D.E., Lindquist, E.E., Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R. & Krantz, G.W. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. pp. 233-420 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

History of changes

• Triophtydeus Thor, S. 1932. Norwegische Tydeidae VIII-XV, mit Bemerkungen über die Gattung Tydeus und über Augen, Tracheen usw. Zoologischer Anzeiger 98: 69-91.

Introduction

The genus Triophtydeus is known from Australia only on the basis of unidentified species, as reported by Walter & O'Dowd (1992, 1999), O'Dowd (1994), Grostal & O'Dowd (1994), Noble et al. (1996), Walter (1999) and Vega et al. (2007).

General References

Grostal, P. & O'Dowd, D.J. 1994. Plants, mites and mutualism: leaf domatia and the abundance and reproduction of mites on Viburnum tinus (Caprifoliaceae). Oecologia (Berlin) 97: 308-315

Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346

O'Dowd, D.J. 1994. Mite association with the leaf domatia of coffee (Coffea arabica) in north Queensland, Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 84: 361-366

Vega, F.E., Ochoa, R., Astorga, C. & Walter, D.E. 2007. Mites (Arachnida: Acari) inhabiting coffee domatia: a short review and recent findings from Costa Rica. International Journal of Acarology 33: 291–295

Walter, D.E. 1999. Living on leaves: adaptations of Australian rainforest mites. pp. 73–78 in Needham, G.R., Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J. & Welbourn, W.C. Acarology IX. Volume 2. Symposia. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Biological Survey.

Walter, D.E. & O'Dowd, D.J. 1992. Leaves with domatia have more mites. Ecology 73: 1514-1518

Walter, D.E. & O'Dowd, D.J. 1999. The good, the bad and the ugly: which really inhabit leaf domatia? pp. 215–220 in Needham, G.R., Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J. & Welbourn, W.C. Acarology IX. Volume 2. Symposia. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Biological Survey.

History of changes