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Rhynacus Keifer 1951

Description

Rhynacus Keifer, 1951

Type species. Diptilomiopus arctostaphyli Keifer 1938b: 305, 317.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; gnathosoma large, abruptly curved and bent down near base; scapular setae (sc) absent; genu II setae absent, empodium divided; anterolateral setae on coxisternum І (1b) absent; opisthosoma with a ridge.

This genus consists of 3 species (Amrine et al. 2003). Two of these were described from Thailand.

Notes

Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 2257 on page 99

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Diptilomiopidae
Genus
Rhynacus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Actinedida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Keifer
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Rhynacus Keifer, 1951 sec. Xue & Zhang, 2009

References

  • Keifer, H. H. (1951) Eriophyid Studies XVII. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture, 40, 93 - 104.
  • Keifer, H. H. (1938 b) Eriophyid Studies II. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture, 27, 301 - 323.
  • 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.