Diptacus mengdaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eriophyoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Eriophyoidea

Familia: Diptilomiopidae
Subfamilia: Diptilomiopinae
Genus: Diptacus
Species: Diptacus mengdaensis

Name

• Diptacus mengdaensis Li, Xue & Hong, 2012

Holotype: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China. Female (slide number NJAUEri777, marked Holotype), from Lonicera elisae Franch. (Caprifoliaceae).

Type locality: Mengda Natural Reserve, Xunhua County, Qinghai Province, P. R. China, 35°47'38"N, 102°40'40"E, elevation 2523 m, 19 July 2007, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue.

Etymology: he specific designation mengdaensis is from the place name Mengda Natural Reserve, where this new species was collected; feminine in gender.

References

• Li, Hao-Sen, Xiao-Feng Xue & Xiao-Yue Hong, 2012: Eriophyoid mites from Qinghai Province, northwestern China with descriptions of nine new species (Acari, Eriophyoidea). ZooKeys, 196: 47–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.196.2726.