Review of the Paratydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata), with description of three new species Author Khaustov, Alexander A. text Zootaxa 2017 4303 2 151 212 journal article 32528 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.1 03292dc5-d6b1-499b-b737-89fa84ac5de8 1175-5326 840717 3FAFE179-A7AF-4755-8AB7-B1FC4CD9F8A3 Genus Tanytydeus Theron et al ., 1969 Hexatydeus Soliman, 1974 : Khanjani et al . 2014a , p. 171. Type species: Tanytydeus cristatus Theron et al ., 1969 , by original designation. Diagnosis. With characteristics of the family. Eyes absent. Solenidia on legs and palptarsus form sensory pits. Setae ( u ) of tarsi II–IV not bifurcate. With two or three pairs of genital acetabulae. Species included . The genus Tanytydeus includes 10 species: Tanytydeus aegyptiacus ( Soliman, 1974 ) , T . amabilis ( Kandeel, 1992 ) , T. neocristatus Kandeel and Hoda, 1984 ,from Egypt , T. beyzavii Khanjani et al ., 2014 from Iran , T. cristatus Theron et al ., 1969 from South Africa , T. cubanus sp. nov . from Kuba, T. kakadu Seeman and Walter, 1999 , T. lamington Seeman and Walter, 1999 , from Australia , T. kethleyi sp. nov . and T. simplex (Delfinado and Baker, 1974) comb. nov . from USA,.