簡介:" 痲瘋樹前毛節蜱Neopropilus jatrophus 為台灣特有種,體呈紡棰形,平坦,雌性體長約152μm, 雄性未發現,硬皮板網紋中線缺乏,臨中線完整,背毛瘤及背毛缺乏,,具有外頂毛,足部節正常,足毛正常,基部區域光滑,羽爪為單形,四具裂,後體部背板平坦,具有亞背毛,第一及第二腹毛缺乏,性蓋平滑,棲息於麻瘋樹(Jatropha curcas)葉背上,無明顯為害症狀,分佈於臺灣。 Neopropilus jatrophus is an endemic specie of Taiwan. Body spindle shaped, flattened, female 152μm long, male not seen, shield design with median line absent, admedian lines complete, scapular tubercles and setae absent, with external vertical setae, leg segments normal, coxal area smooths, empodium simple, 4 rayed. Opisthosoma dorsum flattened, annuli broad, abruptly narrow from anterior 1/3 towards rear, the first and second ventral setae absent, with subdorsal setae, coverflapsmooth. Infesting on lower surface leaf of Jatropha curcas, no apparent damage was observed . Distribution on Taiwan. "