Anthocoptes Nalepa, 1892

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 82

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scientific name	Anthocoptes Nalepa, 1892
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Type species. Phyllocoptes loricatus Nalepa, 1889: 153 .

Diagnosis. Body fusiform; scapular setae (sc) and tubercles on rear shield margin, directed posteriorly, frontal lobe present; coxae I and coxae II each with 3 setae; legs with usual segmentation and setae; opisthosoma with smooth broad dorsal annuli, abruptly contrasting with narrow annuli beyond setae f.

This genus consists of 50 species ( Amrine et al. 2003). Only one species has 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. (1889) Beitrage zur systematic der Phytopten. Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematische-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien, Abtheilung, 98, 112 - 156.

Nalepa, A. (1892) Tegonotus, ein neues Phytoptiden-Genus. Zoologische Jahrbuecher, 6, 327 - 337.