Taxonavigation

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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.