Chiacaphyllisa Li & Wang & Wei 2010, n. gen.
Creators
- 1. Guangxi Academy of Forestry, Nanning 530001, Guangxi (China) and Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, Guangxi (China) ldw 11023 @ 163. com. cn
- 2. Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, Guangxi (China) weisuigai @ tom. com
Description
Genus Chiacaphyllisa n. gen.
TYPE SPECIES. — Chiacaphyllisa syzygii n. sp.
ETYMOLOGY. — Chi, meaning “ China ”. The genus designation is derived from the combination Chi - and the name of the genus Acaphyllisa Keifer, 1978, to which the new genus is similar in morphology.
DIAGNOSIS. — Body spindle; prodorsal shield with frontal lobe; dorsal pedipalp genual setae (d) bifurcate; scapular tubercles ahead of rear shield margin; scapular setae (sc) directed mediad; coxae with sternal line; anterolateral setae on coxisternum I (1b) absent, leg with usual segments and setae; empodium divided, dorsal opisthosoma with three ridges, middorsal ridge ending in a broad furrow before the termination of subdorsal ridges; opisthosoma with all usual setae.
REMARKS
The new taxon is assigned to Eriophyoidea, Eriophyidae, Phyllocoptinae, Acaricalini.The new genus is similar to Acaphyllisa Keifer, 1978, but can be differentiated by anterolateral setae on coxisternum I (1b) absent (anterolateral setae on coxisternum I [1b] present in Acaphyllisa; see Keifer 1978). The new genus is also similar to Acaphylla Keifer, 1943 and Paracaphyllisa Kuang & Luo, 2004, but can be differentiated by anterolateral setae on coxisternum I (1b) absent and antaxial genual setae (l’’) of leg II present (anterolateral setae on coxisternum I [1b] present in Acaphylla and antaxial genual setae [l’’] of leg II absent in Acaphylla and Paracaphyllisa; see Keifer 1943; Kuang & Luo 2004).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Li & Wang & Wei
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Prostigmata
- Family
- Eriophyidae
- Genus
- Chiacaphyllisa
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chiacaphyllisa Li, Wang & Wei, 2010
References
- KEIFER H. H. 1978. - Eriophyid Studies C- 15. Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 24 p.
- KEIFER H. H. 1943. - Eriophyid studies XIII. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture 33 (3): 214 - 215.
- KUANG H. Y., LUO G. H. & WANG A. W. 2004. - Fauna of Eriophyid mites from China (II) (Acari: Eriophyoidea). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 176 p.