Kyllocarus
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Ordo: Trombidiformes
Familia: Eriophyidae
Name
Kyllocarus Wang, Wei & Yang, 2012 gen. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type species:
Kyllocarus reticulatus Wang, Wei & Yang, 2012, sp. n.
The new genus with flattened fusiform body, palp genual seta strongly angular prodorsal shield lacking scapular setae (sc) and tubercles, strong wide frontal lobe over gnathosoma, legs normal, except leg II lacking genual seta l’’. Sternal apodeme present; opisthosoma differentiated into broader smooth dorsal annuli and narrower microtuberculate ventral annuli; empodium simple; genitalia very close to coxae, bearing two ranks of numerous ridges.
Diagnosis
This cecidophyine mite is very near to Kolacarus in that the genual seta l’’ is absent on Leg II; however, it differs from other cecidophine mites in that palp genual seta d is bent or crooked, possibly minutely bifurcate. It differs from Kolacarus in that the mite has a wide, strong frontal lobe projecting from the prodorsal shield over the gnathosoma; Kolacarus has a normal palp genual seta d, and no frontal lobe on the anterior prodorsal shield.
Etymology
Kyllo- from Gr. Kyllos, crooked + -carus from Acarus; the name is masculine.
