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Leipothrix Keifer 1966

Description

Leipothrix Keifer, 1966

Type species. Leipothrix solidaginis Keifer, 1966c: 1–2.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; dorsal palp genual setae d bifurcate; scapular setae (sc) and tubercles ahead of rear shield margin; femoral setae absent from both legs, empodium entire; opisthosoma with middorsal ridge.

This genus consists of 12 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 69

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Keifer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Leipothrix
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Leipothrix Keifer, 1966 sec. Xue & Zhang, 2009

References

  • Keifer, H. H. (1966 c) Eriophyid studies B - 19. 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.