Rhyncaphytoptus spinus

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: Rhyncaphytoptinae
Genus: Rhyncaphytoptus
Species: Rhyncaphytoptus spinus

Name

• Rhyncaphytoptus spinus Li, Xue & Hong, 2012

Holotype: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China. Female (slide number NJAUEri820, marked Holotype), from Lonicera rupicola Hook. f. et Thoms. (Caprifoliaceae).

Type locality: Beishan National Forest Park, Huzhu County, Qinghai Province, P. R. China, 36°53'35"N, 102°25'56"E, elevation 2610m, 22 July 2007, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue.

Etymology: The specific designation spinus is from the character of the dorsal opisthosomal microtubercles, spiny, “spina, spinus” in Latin; masculine 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.