Rhombacus bangkoki, Xue & Zhang, 2009

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 75

publication ID	11755334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318091
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scientific name	Rhombacus bangkoki
status	nom. nov.

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Rhombacus bangkoki nom. nov.

Rhombacus eucalypti Boczek in Chandrapatya & Boczek, 1991c: 448–450.

Host. Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae) .

Habit. Vagrant.

Distribution. Thailand (Bangkok).

Remarks. Rhombacus eucalypti from Eucalyptus cypellocarpa in India was named by Ghosh & Chakrabarti (1987) and has priority over Rhombacus eucalypti Boczek, 1991 . Flechtmann & Santana (2001) redescribed Rhombacus eucalypti Ghosh & Chakrabarti, 1987 on Eucalyptus terreticornis , E. grandis , E. camaldulensis from Brazil, with a complementary description of the female, male and larva. The specific designation bangkoki is from the name of the collection location.

References

Chandrapatya, A. & Boczek, J. (1991 c) Studies on eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) VIII. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 39, 445 - 452.

Flechtmann, C. H. W. & Santana, D. L. Q. (2001) First record of an eriophyoid mite from Eucalyptus in Brazil, with a completementary description of Rhombacus eucalypti Ghosh and Chakrabarti (Acari: Eriophyidae). International Journal of Acarology, 27, 123 - 127.

Ghosh, B. & Chakrabarti, S. (1987) A new genus and three new species of eriophyid mite (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) from West Bengal, India. Entomon, 12, 49 - 54.