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

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 .

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) .