Retracrus johnstoni Keifer, 1965

Navia, Denise, Gondim, Manoel G. C. & De, Gilberto J., 2007, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with palm trees, Zootaxa 1389, pp. 1-30 : 20

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273675

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6250713

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/737D87D9-2949-8859-7D90-C497FAA0FA2B

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Plazi

scientific name

Retracrus johnstoni Keifer, 1965
status

 

Retracrus johnstoni Keifer, 1965

Type host: Chamaedorea sp.

Type locality: Mexico intercepted at USA (San Antonio, Texas)

Other host: Astrocaryum aculeatissimum (Schott) Burret ; Bactris gasipaes Kunth ; Bactris setosa Mart. (this publication); Chamaedorea costaricana Oerst. ( Ochoa et al. 1994) ; Chamaedorea elegans Mart. ( Schliesske 1988) ; Cocos nucifera L. ( Santana et al. 1994); Elaeis guineensis Jacquin; Euterpe edulis Mart. ; Euterpe oleracea Mart. ; Euterpe precatoria Mart. ; Euterpe sp.; Geonoma gamiovora Barb. Rodr. ; Geonoma pohliana Mart. ; Geonoma schottiana Mart. ; Mauritia flexuosa L.; Scheelea sp. (this publication); and Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassm. ( Santana & Flechtmann 1998)

Other locality: Brazil (Amazonas, Sergipe, São Paulo) ( Santana et al. 1994; this publication); Costa Rica ( Schliesske 1988)

Plant part: upper leaf surface

Remarks: type species of the genus (Amrine Jr. & de Lillo 2003). Found in dense colonies, causing spots that are dark when observing the lower surface, but yellowish when observing the upper surface.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Phytoptidae

Genus

Retracrus

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