A deleterious diptilomiopid mite (Acari: Eriophyoidea): host plant relationship

Carlos H. W. Flechtmann; Elias S. Figueiredo

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec02010

Entomological Communications (Jul 2020)

A deleterious diptilomiopid mite (Acari: Eriophyoidea): host plant relationship

Carlos H. W. Flechtmann,
Elias S. Figueiredo

Affiliations

Carlos H. W. Flechtmann: Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Elias S. Figueiredo: Laboratório de Acarologia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa em Proteção de Plantas, Instituto Biológico, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec02010
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2

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A case where a diptilomiopid eriophyoid mite kills its host plant is reported. Rhynacus acerioides Flechtmann, 2014 is recorded by first time in Brazil. A key to species of the genus is provided.

Published in Entomological Communications

ISSN: 2675-1305 (Online)
Publisher: Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
Website: https://www.entomologicalcommunications.org

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