Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes)

Tenuipalpus phoenicis Geijskes, 1939: 23 .

Brevipalpus phoenicis . — Sayed, 1946: 99; Pritchard & Baker, 1958: 233; DeLeon, 1961b: 48; Gonzalez, 1975: 82; Baker et al., 1975: 18; Meyer, 1979: 87; Baker & Tuttle, 1987: 98 -99, Feres, 2000: 164; Buosi et al., 2006: 9.

Brevipalpus yothersi Baker, 1949: 374 . (Synonymy according to Pritchard & Baker, 1951).

Brevipalpus mcbridei Baker, 1949: 374 (Synonymy according to Pritchard & Baker, 1951).

Brevipalpus papayensis Baker, 1949: 379 (Synonymy according to Pritchard & Baker, 1951).

Brevipalpus deleoni Pritchard & Baker, 1958: 233 (Synonymy according to DeLeon, 1961c).

Brevipalpus phoenicoides Gonzalez, 1975: 86 (Synonymy according to Evans et al., 1993).

Origin of the specimens examined: Cerradão: C. langsdorfii, XII-2004 (1); Lecythes sp., I-2005 (1). Previous records: Angola, Brazil, Colombia (Zuluaga & Saldarriaga 1970), Egypt, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique (Rodrigues 1968), Nigeria, Puerto Rico (Comroy 1958), Kenya, South Africa (Meyer & Rodrigues 1965), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, USA and Zimbabwe.