Euterpia, Navia & Flechtmann, 2005

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 : 56

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4997.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7E841E6-7ECB-4A59-89D3-7B001AB67EA7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5089229

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C38783-FF9F-C46C-FF06-FF1C15F673AB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Euterpia
status

 

Euterpia View in CoL .

Type host. Euterpe precatoria Mart. (Arecaceae) .

Type locality. Manaus (3º04’S, 59º55’W), Amazonas , Brazil GoogleMaps .

Relationship to host plant. Vagrants on lower surface of leaves, along midribs, causing no apparent symptoms ( Navia & Flechtmann 2005b).

Remarks. Type species in the genus Navia. Only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plant status. Native palm tree, not endemic, occurring in Amazônia biome in the North Region ( Vianna 2020f). A palm tree of high economic and social importance. Very popular for the production of a drink, obtained from the pulp of the fruit, known as açaí wine. The heart is also used for the construction of houses and the roots are medicinal ( Lorenzi et al. 1996).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

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