Five new species of Anthocoptini from China (Acari: Eriophyidae)
Author
Xue, Xiao-Feng
Author
Song, Zi-Wei
Author
Hong, Xiao-Yue
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-07-21
2544
1
53
http://dx.doi.org/10.15468/um2vzb
journal article
10.15468/um2vzb
1175-5326
5303209
Megalodiscus intermedius
(
Hunter, 1930
)
Site of infection:
rectum.
Recruitment:
ingestion.
Distribution:
USA
:
Louisiana
(
Hunter 1930
;
Brooks
et al
. 2006a
);
North Carolina
(
Brandt 1936
).
Specimens in collections:
USNPC
: 8116 (type), 45881 (
paratypes
), and 8117
.
Remarks:
Originally described as
Diplodiscus intermedius
and transferred to
Megalodiscus
by
Harwood (1932)
.
Zamparo and Brooks (2005)
considered that this species could be synonym of
M
.
temperatus
.