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Quadriporca Kuang & Cheng 1991

Description

Quadriporca Kuang & Cheng, 1991

Type species. Quadriporca mangiferae Kuang & Cheng in Kuang et al., 1991: 54–55.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; gnathosoma large, abruptly curved and bent down near base; scapular setae (sc) present; femur setae absent form both legs, empodium entire; opisthosoma with 3 furrows.

This genus consists of 3 species (Amrine et al. 2003). 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 104

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kuang & Cheng
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Actinedida
Family
Diptilomiopidae
Genus
Quadriporca
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Quadriporca Kuang, 1991 sec. Xue & Zhang, 2009

References

  • Kuang, H. - Y., Hong, X. - Y. & Cheng, L. - S. (1991) A new genus, four new species and two new subspecies of the subfamily Rhyncaphytoptinae from China (Acari: Acariformes: Rhyncaphytoptidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 16, 54 - 56.
  • 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.