Trimeracarus Farkas, 1963

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 30

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5317454
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scientific name	Trimeracarus Farkas, 1963
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Type species. Trimeracarus heptapleuri Farkas, 1963: 509–510 .

Diagnosis. Body vermiform; scapular tubercles and setae present, scapular setae (sc) directed anteriorly; legs with usual segmentation and setae, empodium entire; opisthosoma with three ridges.

This genus is monotypic ( Amrine et al. 2003).

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.

Farkas, H. K. (1963) A new genus and three new Eriophyid mites from Africa and Java (Acarina). Annalea Historico - Naturalles Musei Nationalis Hungarici pars Zoologica, 55, 509 - 511.