Metaculus Keifer, 1962

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 84

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scientific name

Metaculus Keifer, 1962
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Metaculus Keifer, 1962

Type species. Metaculus syzygii Keifer, 1962a: 12–13 .

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; scapular setae (sc) and tubercles on rear shield margin, directed posteriorly; empodium entire; anterolateral setae on coxisternum І (1b) absent.

This genus consists of 10 species ( Amrine et al. 2003). Only one species has 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.

Keifer, H. H. (1962 a) Eriophyid studies B - 6. California Department of Agriculture, 20 pp.