Epitrimerus Nalepa, 1898

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 67

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scientific name	Epitrimerus Nalepa, 1898
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Type species. Tegonotus piri Nalepa, 1891: 2 .

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; scapular setae (sc) and tubercles ahead of rear shield margin, directed centrally, anterior lobe present; opisthosoma with 3 ridges, middorsal ridge fading simultaneously with subdorsal ridges; empodium entire; coxae I and coxae II each with 3 setae.

This genus consists of 151 species ( Amrine et al. 2003). Only 8 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.

Nalepa, A. (1891) Genera und Species der Fam. Phytoptida. Anzeiger der kaiserlichen Akademie Wissenschaften. Mathematische-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien, 28, 162.