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Ueckermann, Edward A., Situngu, Sivuyisiwe, Baker, Nigel P. (2022): Tydeid species from domatia bearing plants from South Africa with the description of two new species of the genusAfridiolorryia (Acari: Tydeidae). Acarologia 62 (2): 497-507, DOI: 10.24349/a5f8-6nuj, URL: https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4523

Tydeus grabouwi Meyer & Ryke Tydeus grabouwi Meyer & Ryke, 1959: 410 ; Ueckermann & Smith Meyer, 1988: 32 ; Kaźmierski, 1989b: 293 ; Kaźmierski, 1998: 344 ; Ueckermann & Grout, 2007: 2365 ; Da Silva et al., 2016: 36. Material examined — 3 ♀ Alexandria Forest, on Rhoicissus tomentosa (Lam.) Wild & R.B. Drumm (Vitaceae), 28 August 2014 ; 4 ♀ Stellenbosch, on Erhetia sp. (Boraginaceae), 11 November 2014 ; 2♀, 2♂ Hogsback, on Berchellia sp. (Rubiaceae), 10 October 2014 3♀ Alexandria Forest, on R. tomentosa, 28 August 2014 ; 4 ♀ Stellenbosch, on Erhetia sp. (Boraginaceae), 11 November 2014 ; 2♀, 2♂ Hogsback, on Berchellia sp. (Rubiaceae), 10 October 2014. This species can be recognized by having four pairs of lanceolate/clavate setae, f2, h1–2, and ps1, caudally on opisthosoma. World distribution — South Africa. This species regularly occurs in samples from the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces.