Classification:

Genus: Tenuipalpus

Species: Tenuipalpus protectus

 
Holotype:

Tenuipalpus protectus Meyer, 1979: 32; Mkuze Game Reserve, Natal, South Africa, ex an unidentified Caesalpiniaceae.

 
Type Depository:
National Collection of Acari, Plant Protection Research Institute, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Pretoria, South Africa.
 
Distribution:
SOUTH AFRICA: Meyer (1979);
 
Hosts / Substrates:
CAESALPINEACEAE: an unidentified plant — Meyer (1979);
 
Redescription: Meyer (1993a);
 

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