Tenuipalponychus Channabasavanna & Lakkundi, 1977 [genus]

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tenuipalpoidini

Accepted name

Tenuipalponychus Channabasavanna & Lakkundi, 1977. Channabasavanna & Lakkundi (1976): 23

Notes: The genus resembles Tenuipalpoides Reck & Bagdasarian in having 10 pairs of dorsal hysterosomals, and Eonychus Gutierrez in showing the normal type of duplex setae on tarsus II. However, it differs from bcth in having the peritreme ending in a simple bulb without anastomosis. and Abbatiello in the absence of split empodiai claws. Further, it differs from Crotonella Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello in the absence of split empodial claws.

The genus Tenuipalponychus comprises 3 species.

Original description

Tenuipalponychus Channabasavanna & Lakkundi, 1977. Channabasavanna & Lakkundi (1976): 23

Summary

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

    • Nomenclature and taxonomy
    Tenuipalponychus Channabasavanna & Lakkundi, 1977. Valid nomenclatural act Channabasavanna & Lakkundi (1976): 23

    Description and nomenclature literature (1 result)
    [Taxon description] Channabasavanna & Lakkundi (1976)

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    Literature (1 result)


    Channabasavanna & Lakkundi (1976) A new genus of Tenuipalpidini (Acarina: Tetranychidae) from Karnataka, India. Indian Journal of Acarology, 1: 23-27 [description]

    Parent taxon

     Tenuipalpoidini [tribe]

    Child taxons

     Tenuipalponychus citri [species]
    Tenuipalponychus rosae [species]
    Tenuipalponychus tabebuiae [species]