Synonychus Miller, 1966 [genus]

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Eurytetranychini

Accepted name

Synonychus Miller, 1966. Miller (1966): 57

Notes: This genus and the single species is closely related to Eurytetranychus but differs in that the claw-like empodium is stout and about half as long as the tenent hairs of the true claws; tarsi I and II without duplex setae; prodorsum with 3 pairs of setae and opisthosoma with 10 pairs of setae (Meyer, 1987).

The genus Synonychus comprises 1 species.

Original description

Synonychus Miller, 1966. Miller (1966): 57

Summary

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

    • Nomenclature and taxonomy
    Synonychus Miller, 1966. Valid nomenclatural act Miller (1966): 57

    Description and nomenclature literature (1 result)
    [Taxon description] Miller (1966)

    Identification tools

    Literature (1 result)


    Miller (1966) The tetranychid mites of Tasmania. The Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 100: 53-76 [description]

    Parent taxon

     Eurytetranychini [tribe]

    Child taxons

     Synonychus eucalypti [species]