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 : 34

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scientific name	Eriophyidae
status

Treatment

Eriophyidae , Phyllocoptinae , Anthocoptini

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

077 ** Auriculatus clitoria Reis & Navia, 2014 a in Reis et al. (2014a: 1140).

Type host Clitoria fairchildiana Howard (Fabaceae) .

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

Relationship to host plant. Vagrant, no symptoms observed ( Reis et al. 2014a).

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

Type host plant status. Native tree, not endemic, occurring in Amazônia , Caatinga , Cerrado and Mata Atlântica biomes (Souza 2012; Flora do Brasil 2020) .

References

Flora do Brasil (2020) Reflora. Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. Available from: http: // reflora. jbrj. gov. br / reflora / floradobrasil / FB 113393 / (accessed 1 May 2020)

Reis, A. C., Gondim, M. G. C. J., Navia, D. & Flechtmann, C. H. W. (2014 a) New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from cultivated plants from Northeastern Brazil, including the second taxon in the Prothricinae. Journal of Natural History, 48 (19 - 20), 1135 - 1152. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2013.862574