Sierraphytoptus Keifer, 1939 :151
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Genus Sierraphytoptus Keifer, 1939:151
Sierraphytoptus Keifer, 1939:151 , fig. LI; 1965:8, fig. 4; Newkirk, Keifer 1975:567; Amrine et al., 2003:17, fig. 18.
Type species. Sierraphytoptus alnivagrans Keifer, 1939 , by monotypy ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ).
Diagnosis. Sierraphytoptines missing φ I, opisthosoma with two longitudinal ridges and concave furrow between them, rear prodorsal shield margin distinct, tubercles of sc situated in deep indentation of posterior edge of prodorsal shield, setae sc directed posterolaterad, tarsal solenidia ω I and II with spherical knob.
Species included. Sierraphytoptus alnivagrans Keifer, 1939 .
Distribution and hosts. The mites are vagrant on the lower surface of leaves (often settling along the veins and on the midrib) of Alnus spp. ( Fagales : Betilaceae). They were recorded from North America ( USA and Canada) on Alnus incana (L.) Moench. subsp. tenuifolia (Nutt.), Alnus rubra Bongard , Alnus incana subsp. rugosa (Du Roi), Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata (Regel) and in Europe ( Bosnia and Serbia) on A. glutinosa (L.).
Remarks. The species Sierraphytoptus taiwanensus Huang 2006 from Trochodendron aralioides was removed from the genus because it does not fit the diagnosis of Sierraphytoptus and is provisionally placed in the genus Austracus Keifer, 1944 (for details see Chetverikov & Sukhareva 2009, p.32).
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Sierraphytoptus Keifer, 1939 :151
Chetverikov, Philipp E. 2016 |
Sierraphytoptus
Keifer 1939: 151 |
Sierraphytoptus
Amrine 2003: 17 |
Keifer 1939: 151 |