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Colopodacus Keifer 1960

Description

Colopodacus Keifer, 1960

Type species. Colopodacus africanus Keifer, 1960: 16.

Diagnosis. Scapular tubercles and setae ahead of rear shield margin; tibia fused with tarsus, empodium entire; dorsal opisthosoma with a median ridge; coxal-genital region lacking annuli.

This genus consists of 14 species (Amrine et al. 2003). Only one species has been recorded from Southeast Asia.

Notes

Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 2257 on page 18

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Colopodacus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Keifer
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Colopodacus Keifer, 1960 sec. Xue & Zhang, 2009

References

  • Keifer, H. H. (1960) Eriophyid studies B - 1. California Department of Agriculture, 20 pp.
  • Amrine, J. W. Jr., Stasny, T. A. & Flechtmann, C. H. W. (2003) Revised keys to world genera of Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Indira Publishing House, Michigan, U. S. A., 244 pp.