Parapetrobia Meyer & Ryke, 1959 [genus]

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Hystrichonychini

Accepted name

Parapetrobia Meyer & Ryke, 1959. Meyer & Ryke (1959): 362

Notes: This genus is distinctive in that tarsus I (Fig. 137) is provided with 4 pairs of duplex setae whereas tarsus II has the normal single set; empodium not truly pad-like but has a curved distal part bearing rows of dorsally directed tenent hairs; true claws pad-like; dorsal body setae set on prominent tubercles; second (d1), third (e1) and fourth (f1) pairs of dorsocentral setae contiguous but first pair of dorsocentral setae (c1) contiguous with first pair of dorsolateral setae (c2); dorsal body setae relatively long, slender and serrate; peritreme forms an anastomosis distally (Meyer, 1987).

The genus Parapetrobia comprises 1 species.

Original description

Parapetrobia Meyer & Ryke, 1959. Meyer & Ryke (1959): 362

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Literature
  • Parent taxon
  • Child taxons

    • Nomenclature and taxonomy
    Parapetrobia Meyer & Ryke, 1959. Valid nomenclatural act Meyer & Ryke (1959): 362

    Description and nomenclature literature (1 result)
    [Taxon description] Meyer & Ryke (1959)

    Identification tools

    Literature (1 result)


    Meyer & Ryke (1959) A revision of the spider mites (Acarina : Tetranychidae) of South Africa, with descriptions of a new genus, new species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 22: 330-366 [description]

    Parent taxon

     Hystrichonychini [tribe]

    Child taxons

     Parapetrobia capensis [species]