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Paraphytoptus Nalepa 1896

Description

Paraphytoptus Nalepa, 1896

Type species. Paraphytoptus paradoxus Nalepa, 1896: 55.

Diagnosis. Body vermiform; scapular tubercles and setae on rear shield margin, scapular setae (sc) directed posteriorly; posterior opisthosoma with wider annuli dorsally.

This genus consists of 33 species (Amrine et al. 2003). Three species have 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 47

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Nalepa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Paraphytoptus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Paraphytoptus Nalepa, 1896 sec. Xue & Zhang, 2009

References

  • Nalepa, A. (1896) Paraphytoptus, eine neue Phytoptiden-Gattung. Anzeiger der kaiserlichen Akademie Wissenschften. Mathematische-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien, 33, 55 - 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.