Abacarus Keifer, 1944

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 77

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6319271
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scientific name	Abacarus Keifer, 1944
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Type species. Calepitrimerus acalyptus Keifer, 1939d: 490 , 502.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; scapular setae (sc) and tubercles on rear shield margin, directed posteriorly; coxae I and coxae II each with 3 setae; legs with usual segmentation and setae, empodium entire; dorsal opisthosoma with 3 ridges, middorsal ridge shorter than subdorsal ridges, ending in a furrow.

This genus consists of 50 species ( Amrine et al. 2003). Six of these 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. (1939 d) Eriophyid Studies VII. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture, 28, 484 - 505.

Keifer, H. H. (1944) Eriophyid Studies XIV. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture, 33, 18 - 38.