Calacarus Keifer, 1940

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 51

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5317732
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scientific name	Calacarus Keifer, 1940
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Type species. Calacarus pulviferus Keifer, 1940: 163–164 , 174.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; empodium entire; scapular setae (sc) absent; coxae I and coxae II each with 3 setae; opisthosoma with 5 ridges, middorsal ridge disappearing with subdorsal ridges.

This genus consists of 41 species ( Amrine et al. 2003). Eight species have been recorded from Southeast Asia.

References

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.

Keifer H H. (1940) Eriophyid Studies X. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture, 29, 160 - 179.