A new species of larval Caeculisoma (Acari: Erythraeidae: Callidosomatinae) ectoparasitic on insects from China and a revised generic diagnosis

Si-Yuan Xu; Tian-Ci Yi; Jian-Jun Guo; Dao-Chao Jin

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.7

A new species of larval Caeculisoma (Acari: Erythraeidae: Callidosomatinae) ectoparasitic on insects from China and a revised generic diagnosis

Zootaxa. 2019 May 15;4604(3):zootaxa.4604.3.7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.7.

Authors

Si-Yuan Xu¹, Tian-Ci Yi, Jian-Jun Guo, Dao-Chao Jin

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, the Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture P R China, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China. user@example.com.

PMID: 31717181
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.7

Abstract

Caeculisoma penlineatus Xu Jin sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on larvae ectoparasitic on Hemiptera from Chongqing Municipality, Guizhou Province and Hainan Province, China. A modified generic diagnosis of larval Caeculisoma is also provided.

Keywords: Acari, Acariformes, Erythraeoidea, Hemiptera, Oriental Realm, Sino-Japanese Realm, Trombidiformes.

MeSH terms

Acari*
Animals
China
Hemiptera*
Insecta
Larva