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 : 67

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-FFEA-C419-FF06-FB451255740D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Eriophyidae
status

Treatment

Eriophyidae , Nothopodinae , Colopodacini

Remark. Genus only known from Brazil, up to date monospecific.

190 ** Reginesus macuxi Reis & Navia, 2012 in Reis et al. (2012: 50).

Type host. Bactris aff. maraja Mart. (Arecaceae) .

Type locality. Campo Experimental Confiança, Embrapa, Cantá (02°35’40.8”N, 60°29’10.51”W), Roraima, Brazil GoogleMaps .

Relationship to host plant. No symptoms were seen ( Reis et al. 2012).

Remarks. Type species in the genus Reginesus , only known from the type host/locality. Not possible to inform if mites were vagrants, since the washing method was used for detection on palm leaf samples.

Type host plants status. Native palm, not endemic, occurring in the Amazonia biome ( Lorenzi 2020a).