Paracallyntrotus, Liang & Xue, 2025

Liang, Cheng & Xue, Xiao-Feng, 2025, One new genus and two new species of Phyllocoptini (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from Hainan Island, China, Zootaxa 5686 (2), pp. 239-248 : 240

Genus Paracallyntrotus gen. nov.

Type species: Paracallyntrotus combretinus sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform, prodorsal shield with frontal lobe, scapular tubercles ahead of rear shield margin, scapular setae directed centrad and posterior; femoral and tibial setae on leg I absent, empodium entire; opisthosoma with all usual setae, dorsal opisthosoma with 6 slight ridges, with triangular microtubercles on ridges, bearing waxy; all coxal setae present.

Etymology. The generic designation is derived from the combination of Para and Callyntrotus ( Nalepa, 1894) , to which the new genus is the most morphologically similar, gender masculine.

Remarks. The new taxon is assigned to Eriophyoidea, Eriophyidae , Phyllocoptinae, Phyllocoptini. The new genus is similar to Callyntrotus Nalepa 1894 by sharing opisthosoma with 6 slight ridges and scapular setae directed centrad and posteriorly. However, it can be distinguished by both tibial and femoral setae absent from leg I (tibial and femoral setae present on leg I in Callyntrotus ).