Cosella Newkirk & Keifer, 1975
Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, Zootaxa 2257, pp. 1-128 : 19
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11755334 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5317352 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E66687D1-303C-FF99-3595-2C3D9AF9FC95 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Cosella Newkirk & Keifer, 1975 |
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Cosella Newkirk & Keifer, 1975
Type species. Floracarus deleoni Keifer, 1956: 161–163 .
Diagnosis. Body fusiform; prodorsal shield with short frontal lobe, scapular tubercles ahead of rear shield margin, scapular setae directed backward; anterolateral setae on coxisternum I (1b) absent, prosternal apodeme absent; leg tibia reduced or fused with tarsus.
This genus consists of 22 species ( Amrine et al. 2003). Four species have been recorded from Southeast Asia.
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