Phytoptidae, A.Murray, 1877

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 : 60

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4997.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7E841E6-7ECB-4A59-89D3-7B001AB67EA7
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C38783-FF93-C460-FF06-FAB1164574C4
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Phytoptidae
status

Treatment

Phytoptidae , Novophytoptinae

166 * Novophytoptus silvai Flechtmann, 2004a: 159 .

Type host. Cyperus giganteus Vahl (Cyperaceae) .

Type locality. Pariquera-Açu (24°36’51”S, 47°53’22”W), São Paulo, Brazil GoogleMaps .

Relationship to host plant. Vagrant on leaves and inflorescences; also living in air spaces inside the leaves, exiting in large numbers through circular openings in the leaf epidermis ( Flechtmann 2004b).

Remark. Only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plant status. Native herb, not endemic, widely distributed in all biomes and regions ( Flora do Brasil 2020) .