Phyllocoptruta alstonia

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: Phyllocoptinae
Tribus: Phyllocoptini
Genus: Phyllocoptruta
Species: Phyllocoptruta alstonia

Name

Phyllocoptruta alstonia Wang, Tan & Yang, 2015: 47, figs. 16–23

• Type locality: CHINA: National Forest Park (18°47′46′′N, 109°52′27′′E), Linshui, Hainan.

• Holotype: GXU, ♀, 16 April 2011, from Casearia glomerata Roxb. (Flacourtiaceae), coll. Guo-Quan Wang.

• Etymology: The specific name is derived from the generic name of the host plant.

References

• Gu, X.-H.; Yang, J.; Tan, M.-C.; Wang, G.-Q., 2015: A new genus and four new species of Eriophyidae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea). Zoological Systematics 40(1): 41–52. DOI: 10.11865/zs.20150103Reference page.  [original description: p. 45, figs. 9–15]