Diptilomiopidae, Keifer, 1944

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 : 71

Diptilomiopidae : Rhyncaphytoptinae

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

199 ** Rhyncadicrus asperulus Reis & Navia, 2011 in Reis et al. (2011: 19).

Type host. Musa x paradisica L. (hybrid between Musa acuminata Colla x Musa balbisiana Colla (genomic group AAB) ( Musaceae ).

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 seen (Reis et al. 2011).

Remarks. Type species in the genus Rhyncadicrus ; only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plants status. Exotic fruit herb, widely cultivated in all regions ( Lorenzi et al. 2006).