Diptilomiopidae, Keifer, 1944

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 : 38

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scientific name	Diptilomiopidae
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Diptilomiopidae : Rhyncaphytoptinae

088 * Catarhinus brachiariae Flechtmann, 2004c: 2 .

Type host. Brachiaria ruziziensis Germain & Evrard (Poaceae) , presently referred as Urochloa ruziziensis (R.Germ. & Evrard) Crins ( Flora do Brasil 2020).

Type locality. Ribeirão Bonito , São Paulo, Brazil .

Additional host plant and locality in Brazil. Brasília (15° 41’ 18’’S, 47° 49’ 39’’W) (in this paper, specimens deposited at the Collection of Plant Mites , Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology), Distrito Federal GoogleMaps .

Relationship to host plant. Vagrants on upper leaf surface ( Flechtmann, 2004c).

Remark. Only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plants status. Naturalized herb, occurring in anthropized areas, in Amazônia , Caatinga , Cerrado and Mata Atlântica biomes ( Flora do Brasil 2020) .

089 * Catarhinus granatus Reis & Navia, 2011 in Reis et al. (2011a: 23).

Type host. Heliconia bihai L. ( Heliconiaceae ).

Type locality. Recife (08°01’07”S, 34°56’41”W), Pernambuco, Brazil GoogleMaps .

Relationship to host plant. Vagrants on the lower leaf surface. No apparent symptoms were seen ( Reis et al. 2011a).

Remark. Only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plants status. Native herb, shrub, not endemic, widely cultivated as an ornamental ( Lorenzi & Souza 2001; Flora do Brasil 2020).

090 ** Catarhinus tricholaenae Keifer, 1959a: 189 .

Type host. Tricholaena rosea Nees , presently referred as Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka. (Poaceae) (Tropicos 2020).

Type locality. Campinas , São Paulo, Brazil .

Additional host plant and localities in Brazil. On Brachiaria plantaginea (Link.) Hitchc. , presently referred as Urochloa plantaginea (Link) R. Webster (Poaceae) ( Flora do Brasil 2020): Sete Lagoas ( Flechtmann & Santana 1997a), Minas Gerais; On Zea mays L. ( Poaceae ): Brasília (15° 41’ 18’’S, 47° 49’ 39’’W) (in this paper, specimens deposited at the Collection of Plant Mites, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology), Distrito Federal; Sete Lagoas (19°28’S, 44°15’08”W) ( Fadini et al. 2012), Minas Gerais; Campinas ( Keifer 1959a), Piracicaba (in this paper, specimens deposited at the mite collection in ESALQ, USP), São Paulo.

Relationship to host plants. Vagrants, causing discoloration on M. repens and Z. mays ( Keifer 1959a) ; on U. plantaginea , no symptom was observed ( Flechtmann & Santana 1997a).

Remark. Type species in the genus Catarhinus .

Type host plants status. Naturalized herb, widely distributed in all biomes and regions ( Flora do Brasil 2020) .

Additional host plant status. U. plantaginea —naturalized herb, not endemic, widely distributed in all biomes and regions ( Flora do Brasil 2020); Z. mays — exotic cereal, widely cultivated around whole country ( Flora do Brasil 2020).