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 : 75

Diptilomiopidae , Rhyncaphytoptinae

Remarks. Genus only known from Brazil, up to date monospecific.

214 ** Solivagus alpha Reis & Navia, 2010: 44 in Reis et al. (2010: 44). Type host. Spondias mombin L. ( Anacardiaceae ). Type locality. Recife (08°01’07”S, 34°56’41”W), Pernambuco, Brazil. Relationship to host plant. Vagrants on the lower leaf surface; no visible symptoms ( Reis et al. 2010). Remark. Type species in the genus Solivagus , only known from the type host/locality. Type host plant status. Native fruit tree, not endemic, occurring in Amazônia, Cerrado and Mata Atlântica biomes

( Flora do Brasil 2020). Occasionally cultivated in domestic orchards and widely occurring in nature ( Lorenzi et al. 2006).