Phyllocoptinae Nalepa, 1892

Ou, Shan-Sheng, Wang, Guo-Quan & Wei, Sui-Gai, 2014, Five new species of Phyllocoptinae (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 39 (4), pp. 496-506 : 497

Subfamily: Phyllocoptinae Nalepa, 1892

Diagnosis. Phyllocoptinae was established by Nalepa (1892) and is characterized by following characters: body fusiform; gnathosoma relatively smaller than in other families compared with the body, projecting obliquely downwards; prodorsal shield with frontal lobe; scapular setae present or absent; division of legs normal; opisthosoma with broad dorsal annuli and narrow ventral annuli.

Five tribes are included in the Phyllocoptinae : Acaricalini Amrine & Stasny, 1994 , Calacarini Amrine & Stasny, 1994 , Tegonotini Bagdasarian, 1978 , Phyllocoptini Nalepa, 1892 , Anthocoptini Amrine & Stasny, 1994 . The mites described here belong to three tribes: Anthocoptini , Acaricalini and Tegonotini .

Anthocoptini Amrine & Stasny, 1994 . Dorsal annuli lacking latral extensions; prodorsal shield with scapular setae on or near margin; setae usually directed divergently posteriaed; scapular setae with tubercles either cylindrical or rounded, or with basal axes transverse.

Acaricalini Amrine & Stasny, 1994 . With divided empodium.

Tegonotini Bagdasarian, 1978 . Prodorsal shield with prominent scapular setae; dorsal annuli with laterally extended lobes or pointed projections from all or some of the annuli, or from a lateral anterior opisthosomal expension.