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: Diptilomiopinae
Genus: Diptacus
Species: Diptacus mengdaensis

Name

  • Diptacus mengdaensis Li, Xue & Hong, 2012
Holotype: Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China. Female (slide number NJAUEri777, marked Holotype), from Lonicera elisae Franch. (Caprifoliaceae).
Type locality: Mengda Natural Reserve, Xunhua County, Qinghai Province, P. R. China, 35°47'38"N, 102°40'40"E, elevation 2523 m, 19 July 2007, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue.
Etymology: he specific designation mengdaensis is from the place name Mengda Natural Reserve, where this new species was collected; 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.
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