Cosella Newkirk & Keifer, 1975

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 19

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5317352
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scientific name	Cosella Newkirk & Keifer, 1975
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Type species. Floracarus deleoni Keifer, 1956: 161–163 .

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; prodorsal shield with short frontal lobe, scapular tubercles ahead of rear shield margin, scapular setae directed backward; anterolateral setae on coxisternum I (1b) absent, prosternal apodeme absent; leg tibia reduced or fused with tarsus.

This genus consists of 22 species ( Amrine et al. 2003). Four 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.