Phyllocoptruta Keifer, 1938

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 73

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1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318050

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scientific name

Phyllocoptruta Keifer, 1938
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Phyllocoptruta Keifer, 1938

Type species. Typhlodromus oiliioorus Ashmead, 1879:160 .

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; scapular setae (sc) and tubercles ahead of rear shield margin, anterior lobe present; coxae I and coxae II each with 3 setae; empodium entire; opisthosoma with a furrow.

This genus consists of 23 species ( Amrine et al. 2003). Seven of these have been recorded from Southeast Asia.

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.

Ashmead, W. H. (1879) Injurious and beneficial insects found on the orange trees in Florida. Canadian Entomologist, 11, 159 - 160.