Published October 8, 2009 | Version v1
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Metaculus Keifer 1962

Description

Metaculus Keifer, 1962

Type species. Metaculus syzygii Keifer, 1962a: 12–13.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; scapular setae (sc) and tubercles on rear shield margin, directed posteriorly; empodium entire; anterolateral setae on coxisternum І (1b) absent.

This genus consists of 10 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 84

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Additional details

Biodiversity

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

References

  • Keifer, H. H. (1962 a) Eriophyid studies B - 6. 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.