Amrineus cocofolius Flechtmann, 1994

Navia, Denise, Gondim, Manoel G. C. & De, Gilberto J., 2007, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with palm trees, Zootaxa 1389, pp. 1-30 : 16

Amrineus cocofolius Flechtmann, 1994

Type host: Cocos nucifera L.

Type locality: Brazil (Jales, São Paulo)

Other host: Attalea geraensis Barb. Rodr. ; Butia archeri (Glass.) Glass. ; Butia eriospatha (Mart.) Becc. ; Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassm. (this publication)

Other locality: Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe) (Flechtmann 1997; Santana & Flechtmann 1998; Navia et al. 2005); Mexico (Yucatan) (Navia et al. 2005)

Plant part: leaf (Flechtmann, 1994); fruit ( Ferreira et al. 2001; Navia et al. 2005)

Remarks: type species of the genus (Amrine Jr. & de Lillo 2003). It was observed causing chlorotic spots that may coalesce (Flechtmann 1994). Redescribed by Flechtmann (1997).