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Cyta ignea (Tseng, 1978)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cyta ignea (Tseng, 1978)
Name authority
(Tseng, 1978)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Bdellidae
Genus
Cyta
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumChelicerata
  5. classArachnida
  6. superorderAcariformes
  7. orderTrombidiformes
  8. suborderProstigmata
  9. infraorderEupodina
  10. superfamilyBdelloidea
  11. familyBdellidae
  12. genusCyta
  13. speciesCyta ignea (Tseng, 1978)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cyta. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cyta coerulipes (Dugès, 1834)BdellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cyta grandjeani Gomelauri, 1963BdellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cyta kauaiensis Swift & Goff, 1987BdellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cyta latirostris (Hermann, 1804)BdellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cyta troglodyta Hernandes, Bernardi & Ferreira, 2011BdellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 6 records assigned to Bdellidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Tseng, Y. Mites of the family Bdellidae from Taiwan (Acarina: Prostigmata). Chinese title and text , 25 -51. (1978).Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:33Q7J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.