Eriophyidae

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 : 42

Eriophyidae : Phyllocoptinae : Phyllocoptini

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

102 ** Cothrix erugata Reis & Navia, 2011 in Reis et al. (2011a: 16).

Type host. Heliconia stricta Huber (Heliconiaceae) .

Type locality. Recife (08°01’07”S, 34°56’41”W), Pernambuco, Brazil .

Relationship to host plant. Vagrants on the lower leaf surface, no symptoms were observed ( Reis et al. 2011a).

Remarks. Type species in the genus Cothrix . Only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plants status. Native herb, not endemic ( Flora do Brasil 2020), cultivated as an ornamental ( Lorenzi & Souza 2001).