Neocatarhinus Kuang & Hong, 1990

Wang, Guo-Quan, Wei, Sui-Gai & Yang, Ding, 2010, Four new species of the family Diptilomiopidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China, Zootaxa 2442, pp. 39-50 : 42

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.195002
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6201347
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scientific name	Neocatarhinus Kuang & Hong, 1990
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Type species: Neocatarhinus bambusae Kuang & Hong, 1990

Diagnosis. Body fusiform, gnathosoma large, prodorsal shield with frontal lobe, scapular tubercles ahead of rear shield margin, scapular setae (sc) directed inward. Legs І femoral and legs ІІ genual setae absent; tarsal empodium (ω) entire. Coxisternal plates with prosternal apodeme, all coxal and opisthosomal setae present. Opisthosoma with broad dorsal furrow.

Notes. The genus now has 3 species, N. bambusae Kuang & Hong, 1990 , N. guangxiensis Wei & Xie, 2009 (in: Wei et al. 2009b) and N. dendrocalamus sp. nov. infesting bamboo. N. bambusae and N. guangxiensis are associated with unknown species of the genus Bambusa and N. dendrocalamus sp. nov. is associated with Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro. All the species are from south China.