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Systematics and generic relationships of the mites in the subfamily Diptilomiopinae (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae)
Author(s) -
HONG XIAOYUE,
ZHANG ZHIQIANG
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1997.d01-48.x
Subject(s) - eriophyoidea , biology , acari , cladistics , subfamily , systematics , clade , zoology , genus , botany , phylogenetic tree , taxonomy (biology) , genetics , gene
The systematics of the subfamily Diptilomiopinae (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae) are reviewed. Twenty‐three genera are recognized. Vilaia is found to be the junior synonym of Diptilomiopus . The characters of Rhynacus and Vimola are compared and a new diagnosis for Rhynacus is proposed. Twenty‐two new combinations are made: Diptiloplatus bamboovagrans (Mohanasundaram), Diptacus pandanus (Boczek & Oleczek), Diptacus pulaski (Boczek & Davis), Diptacus sacchari (Xin & Dong), Diptilomiopus artabotrysi (Boczek), Diptilomiopus azadirachtae (Boczek), Diptilomiopus barringtoniae (Chandrapatya), Diptilomiopus cythereae (Chandrapatya), Diptilomiopus elaeocarpi (Boczek), Diptilomiopus ervatamiae (Chandrapatya), Diptilomiopus eucalypti (Boczek), Diptilomiopus languasi (Boczek), Diptilomiopus pamithus (Boczek & Chandrapatya), Diptilomiopus phylanthi (Chandrapatya), Diptilomiopus sandorici (Chandrapatya), Diptilomiopus strebli (Boczek), Diptilomiopus thaianae (Boczek), Vimola carolinensis (Keifer), Vimola globosus (Keifer), Vimola guangxiensis (Kuang & Huang), Vimola haramotonis (Keifer), and Vimola tampae (Keifer). A cladistic analysis of generic relationships within the Diptilomiopinae was carried out. The analysis was based on a total of nineteen characters drawn from the examination of specimens and from original descriptions of species in twenty‐three genera. These characters were polarized by comparison with Rhyncaphytoptus , a genus in the diptilomiopid subfamily Rhyncaphytoptinae. One strict consensus tree was generated from eighty‐three equally parsimonious trees produced from successive character weighting. Two distinct clades were revealed: clade A ( Brevelacus ) and clade B ( Bucculacus ( Apodiptacus , Trimeroptus ) ( Acarhynchus , Asetadiptacus , Dialox , Diptacus ( Neodialox , Pararhynacus ) ( Levonga , Pseudodiopus ), Lambella ), Diptilomiopus , Diptilorhynacus ), Neodiptilomiopus ), Vimola ), Rhynacus ), Diptiloplatus , Neorhynacus , Acarhis ). A key to the world genera of Diptilomiopinae is given to reflect the results of this study.