Published October 8, 2009 | Version v1
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Scolocenus Keifer 1962

Description

Scolocenus Keifer, 1962

Type species. Scolocenus spiniferus Keifer, 1962c: 4–5.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; scapular setae (sc) ahead of rear shield margin; femur setae absent, empodium entire; dorsal opisthosoma with anterior annuli fused forming a broad plate.

This genus is monotypic (Amrine et al. 2003).

Notes

Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 2257 on page 58

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Keifer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Scolocenus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Scolocenus Keifer, 1962 sec. Xue & Zhang, 2009

References

  • Keifer, H. H. (1962 c) Eriophyid studies B - 8. 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.