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 : 46-47

Eriophyidae , Nothopodinae , Nothopodini

118 * Disella ilicicola Navia & Flechtmann, 2005a: 24 .

Type host. Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. (Aquifoliaceae) .

Type locality. Chapecó , Santa Catarina, Brazil .

Relationship to host plant. Vagrants on lower surface of mature leaves causing chlorosis ( Navia & Flechtmann 2005a).

Additional localities in Brazil. Ilópolis (Arce et. al. 2013; Gonçalves & Ferla 2013b; Silva et al. 2018), Putinga ( Silva et al. 2018), Rio Grande do Sul.

Remark. Higher populations were observed in native areas ( Ferla et al. 2005).

Type host plant status. Native shrub or tree, not endemic, occurring in Caatinga, Cerrado, Mata Atlântical and Pampa biomes ( Flora do Brasil 2020). Known as “erva mate” or “yerba mate”, it occurs naturally or cultivated as a monoculture ( Oliveira & Waquil 2014). Its leaves are used to prepare the drinks “chimarrão” and “tererê” ( Carvalho 1994).