Neotegonotus fastigatus ( Nalepa 1892 )

Pye, Daniel R. L., 2012, New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) in Britain: one new genus, four new species, 19 new records and two incursions, Zootaxa 3578, pp. 43-68 : 53

Neotegonotus fastigatus ( Nalepa 1892)

Type host and locality. Acer campestre L. ( Sapindaceae ),? Austria ( Amrine & Stasny 1994).

Distribution. Widespread in the Palearctic (Skoracka et al. 2005), and also recorded from the USA ( Keifer 1961a) and India (Mohanasundarum 1982).

Relation to the host. Reported as causing erineum on the upper leaf surface (Skoracka et al. 2005). No host symptoms were observed in the British population studied.

Collection details. England, North Yorkshire Moors, Esk Valley (54° 25ʹ 39ʺ N, 0° 44ʹ 1.32ʺ W), mid to low numbers of adult females, males and immature stages on A. campestre , collected by J. C. Ostojá-Starzewski, 14.vii.2009.

Discussion. This species is listed in the catalogues provided by Bagnall & Harrison (1928) and Turk (1953) (as Tegonotus fastigatus ). However, these records were made from observed host symptoms alone and cannot be confirmed or verified. The finding of this species from the Esk Valley, therefore, appears to be the first confirmed record of this species in Britain.