Eriophyidae

Navia, Denise, Duarte, Mercia Elias & Flechtmann, Carlos H. W., 2021, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) from Brazil: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 4997 (1), pp. 1-152 : 34

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4997.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7E841E6-7ECB-4A59-89D3-7B001AB67EA7

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C38783-FF89-C47A-FF06-FD0512DA7709

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Eriophyidae
status

 

Eriophyidae , Phyllocoptinae , Phyllocoptini

Remark. Genus only known from Brazil.

075 * Athrix brevitibia Flechtmann 2004 b: 4 .

Type host. Heteropteris anoptera Juss. (Malpighiaceae) , presently referred as Heteropterys eglandulosa A. Juss. (Malpighiaceae) ( Flora do Brasil 2020).

Type locality. Luis Antônio (21°36’13”S, 47°47’17”W), São Paulo, Brazil GoogleMaps .

Relationship to host plant. Vagrants on leaves ( Flechtmann 2004b).

Remark. Only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plant status. Native shrub, not endemic (Tropicos 2020; Flora do Brasil 2020) occurring in Caatinga and Cerrado biomes ( Flora do Brasil 2020).

076 ** Athrix lissoscutum Flechtmann 2004 b: 2 .

Type host. Heteropteris aceroides Griseb. (Malpighiaceae) , presently referred as Heteropterys intermedia (A. Juss.) Griseb. (Malpighiaceae) (Tropicos 2020).

Type locality. São Carlos, (21°54’50”S, 47°49’21”W), São Paulo, Brazil GoogleMaps .

Relationship to host plant. Erineum galls on leaf lower surface ( Flechtmann 2004b).

Remarks. Type species in the genus Athrix . Only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plant status. Native climbing, not endemic, occurring in Mata Atlântica biome ( Flora do Brasil 2020) .

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