Tetra pruniana

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: Anthocoptini
Genus: Tetra
Species: Tetra pruniana

Name

• Tetra pruniana Li, Xue & Hong, 2012

Holotype: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China. Female (slide number NJAUEri808, marked Holotype), from Prunus tomentosa Thunb. (Rosaceae).

Type locality: Xining City, Qinghai Province, P. R. China, 36°38'18"N, 101°45'27"E, elevation 2241m, 21 July 2007, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue.

Etymology: The specific designation pruniana is from the generic name of host plant, Prunus; 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.