Stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from vineyards in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Author
Johann, Liana
Author
Carvalho, Gervásio Silva
Author
Majolo, Fernanda
Author
Ferla, Noeli Juarez
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Zootaxa
2013
3701
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238
256
journal article
43153
10.11646/zootaxa.3701.2.6
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1175-5326
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Agistemus floridanus
Gonzalez
(
Fig. 3
)
Agistemus floridanus
Gonzalez, 1965: 42
, figs. 112 and 117; Matioli, Ueckermann and Oliveira 2002: 103, figs. 1–5.
Material examined.
CAS-7 (MCN).
18 females
and
2 males
from Bento Gonçalves:
3 females
from
V. vinifera
, Pinot Noir
cultivar,
3 January 2007
, coll. T.B. Horn;
2 females
with same data,
5 March 2007
, coll. L. Johann;
5 females
on same host, Merlot cultivar,
9 April 2007
, coll. C.L. Klock;
1 female
with same data, coll. T. Horn;
2 males
with same data, coll. C.L. Klock;
1 female
on same host, Chardonnay cultivar,
4 December 2006
, coll. L.B. Oliveira;
2 females
with same data,
3 January 2007
, L.B. Oliveira;
1 female
with same data,
30 January 2007
, L.B. Oliveira;
2 females
with same data,
5 March 2007
, coll. L.B. Oliveira;
7 females
from Boqueirão do Leão:
1 female
from
V. vinifera
, Cabernet Sauvignon
cultivar,
24 April 2006
, coll. T.B. Horn;
1 female
with same data,
22 May 2006
, coll. T.B. Horn;
1 female
from
V. labrusca
, Bordeaux
cultivar,
11 December 2006
, coll. J.F. Silva;
1 female
with same data,
8 January 2007
, coll. T.B. Horn;
2 females
with same data,
30 January 2007
, coll. J.F. Silva;
1 female
from
Synedrella nodiflora
(L.) Gaertn,
30 January 2007
, coll. T.B. Horn;
1 female
from Dois Lajeados,
V. labrusca
, Bordeaux
cultivar,
15 May 2006
, coll. J.F.Silva;
5 females
and
1 male
from Encruzilhada do Sul,
V.vinifera
, Pinot Noir
cultivar:
1 female
,
13 February 2007
, coll. L. Johann;
1 female
,
13 February 2007
, coll. M. Diehl;
2 females
,
1 March 2007
, coll. L. Johann;
1 female
,
27 March 2007
, coll. L. Johann;
1 male
,
1 March 2007
, coll. L. Johann.
FIGURE 2
.
Agistemus brasiliensis
Matioli, Ueckermann and Oliveira, 2002
(female). A, dorsum; B, palp; C, anogenital region ventrally; D, legs I and II in dorsal view.
Distribution.
This species was reported on citrus leaf in the state of Florida,
USA
(Gonzalez 1965), in the state of São Paulo,
Brazil
(Matioli
et al.
2002; Hernandes & Feres 2006) and in the state of Mato Grosso,
Brazil
(Ferla & Moraes 2002). It proved to be an important predator of
Calacarus heveae
Feres (Eriophyidae)
and
Tenuipalpus heveae
Baker
(Tenuipalpidae)
on rubber trees (
Hevea brasiliensis
Muell. Arg.
) (Ferla & Moraes 2003). It is also found in the state of Rio Grande do Sul on strawberries (Ferla
et al.
2007). In addition, this species was reported in
Costa Rica
and
Mexico
(Arruda Filho & Moraes 2003).
Measurements of this species are provided in Table 2.