Kyllocarus reticulatus

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: Eriophyidae
Subfamilia: Cecidophyinae
Tribus: Cecidophyini
Genus: Kyllocarus
Species: Kyllocarus reticulatus

Name

• Kyllocarus reticulatus Wang, Wei & Yang, 2012

Holotype: Department of Plant Protection, Guangxi University, Nanning, ♀, 27. VII. 2007, collected by Guo-Quan Wang, from Lithocarpus brevicaudatus (Skan) Hayata (Fagaceae).

Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Longquan City, Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve (27°53'N, 119°11'E).

Etymology: The species is named after the network-form of the prodorsal shield.

References

• Wang, G.-Q., Wei, S.-G. & Yang, D. 2012. A new genus, two new species and a new record of subfamily Cecidophyinae (Acari, Eriophyidae) from China. ZooKeys 180: 9–18. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.180.2641 . Reference page.   [first availability, see p. 11, and figs. 1-7]

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