A deleterious diptilomiopid mite (Acari: Eriophyoidea): host plant relationship

Carlos H. W. Flechtmann; Elias S. Figueiredo

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec02010

Authors

Carlos H. W. Flechtmann Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7745-8544
Elias S. Figueiredo Laboratório de Acarologia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa em Proteção de Plantas, Instituto Biológico, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3933-2953

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec02010

Keywords:

Capsicum chinense, Diptilomiopidae, geographical distribution, Rhynacus, Solanaceae

Abstract

A case where a diptilomiopid eriophyoid mite kills its host plant is reported. Rhynacus acerioides Flechtmann, 2014 is recorded for the first time in Brazil. A key to species of the genus is provided.

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