Agistemus brasiliensis Matioli, Ueckermann and Oliveira

Johann, Liana, Carvalho, Gervásio Silva, Majolo, Fernanda & Ferla, Noeli Juarez, 2013, Stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from vineyards in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Zootaxa 3701 (2), pp. 238-256 : 240

Agistemus brasiliensis Matioli, Ueckermann and Oliveira

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Agistemus brasiliensis Matioli, Ueckermann and Oliveira, 2002: 106 , figs. 6–10.

Material examined. CAS-08 (MCN). 4 females from Bento Gonçalves: 1 female from Vitis vinifera L., Chardonnay cultivar, 3 January 2007, coll. C.L. Klock; 2 females on same host, Merlot cultivar, 9 April 2007, coll. C.L. Klock; 1 female from Solanum americanum Mill. , 15 January 2006, coll. T.B. Horn. 1 female from Boqueirão do Leão, Vitis labrusca L., Bordeaux cultivar, 8 January 2006, coll. T.B. Horn.

Distribution. This species was reported on Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, associated with Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Tetranychidae) and Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) (Tenuipalpidae) (Matioli et al. 2002). It is the only species collected on yerba mate in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population peaks of this species and Disella ilicicola (Eriophyidae) are coincided (Ferla et al. 2005).

Measurements of this species are provided in Table 1.

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FIGURE 2. Agistemus brasiliensis Matioli, Ueckermann and Oliveira, 2002 (female). A, dorsum; B, palp; C, anogenital region ventrally; D, legs I and II in dorsal view.