Calliparus, Li, De-Wei, Wang, Guo-Quan & Wei, Sui-Gai, 2010

Li, De-Wei, Wang, Guo-Quan & Wei, Sui-Gai, 2010, A new genus and three new species of Nothopodinae (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Guangxi, China, Zootaxa 2452, pp. 44-50 : 45

Calliparus gen. nov.

Diagnosis: Body spindleform; prodorsal shield with frontal lobe, scapular tubercles on shield rear margin, scapular setae (sc) directed postero-laterally; coxae with a sternal line, coxisternum with 3 pairs of setae; legs: tibiae very small but distinct, all basiventral femoral setae (bv) and antaxial genual setae (l'') present, tarsal empodium entire; dorsum flat, with weak submedian ridges, dorsal annuli undulated; opisthosoma with all usual setae.

Type species: Calliparus lanceolarus n. sp.

Note: The new taxon is assigned to Eriophyoidea, Eriophyidae , Nothopodinae , Colopodacini . It is similar to Liparus Boczek, 1996 (in Boczek & Chandrapatya 1996), which is now the genus Thaicesa Kocak & Kemal, 2008. Liparus was a junior homonym of Liparus Olivier, 1807 (Coleoptera) . Calliparus is differentiated from Thaicesa by the basiventral femoral setae (bv) present on both legs I and ІІ, the prodorsal shield with a frontal lobe, and the dorsal annuli undulated and smooth. In Thaicesa, the basiventral femoral setae (bv) are absent on both legs I and ІІ, the prodorsal shield is without a frontal lobe, and the dorsal annuli have three longitudinal ridges.

Etymology: The genus name is a combination of Cal - and the former generic name Liparus Boczek, 1996 (now Thaicesa Kocak & Kemal 2008), to which the new genus is similar.