Acathrix trymatus Keifer, 1962

Navia, Denise, Gondim, Manoel G. C. & De, Gilberto J., 2007, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with palm trees, Zootaxa 1389, pp. 1-30 : 18

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6250687

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Acathrix trymatus Keifer, 1962
status

 

Acathrix trymatus Keifer, 1962 b

Type host: Cocos nucifera L.

Type locality: Philippines (Guinobatan, Albay)

Other locality: USA (Florida) (Welbourn 1997 1 in Amrine Jr. & de Lillo 2003).

Plant part: terminal shoot

Remarks: type species of the genus (Amrine Jr. & de Lillo 2003). Found in large numbers in terminal shoots of C. nucifera affected by “cadang­cadang” disease. However, its possible action as vector of the virus that causes the coconut disease known as “cadang­cadang” in the Philippines was investigated, with negative results ( Briones & Sill Jr. 1963).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Phytoptidae

Genus

Acathrix

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