Paraphytoptus binarius (Keifer, 1977), 2009

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 47

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scientific name

Paraphytoptus binarius (Keifer, 1977)
status

comb. nov.

Paraphytoptus binarius (Keifer, 1977) , comb. nov. ( Fig. 5C)

Eriophyes binarius Keifer, 1977b: 1–2 .

Eriophyes binarius ; Keifer & Knorr, 1978: 16.

Aceria binarius ; Amrine & Stasny, 1994: 26.

Host. Peltophorum pterocarpum (Fabaceae) .

Habit. Leaflet rolling.

Distribution. Thailand (Bangkok).

Remarks. This species is characterized by the following characters: body vermiform, posterior opisthosoma with wider annuli dorsally, scapular setae (sc) directed posteriorly (from the original descriptions and figures by Keifer, 1977b). Therefore, it should be placed in the genus Paraphytoptus .

Amrine, J. W. Jr. & Stasny, T. A. (1994) Catalog of the Eriophyoidea (Acarina: Prostigmata) of the world. Indira Publishing House, Michigan, U. S. A., 798 pp.

Keifer, H. H. (1977 b) Eriophyoid Studies C - 14. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 24 pp.

Keifer, H. H. & Knorr, L. C. (1978) Eriophyid mites of Thailand. Plant Protection Service Technical Bulletin, 38. Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture and Co-Operatives Bangkok, Thailand & UNDP / FAO THA, 33 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Eriophyidae

Genus

Paraphytoptus