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Issue: Vol. 3042 No. 1: 27 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3042.1.2
Page range: 15–26
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New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from banana and heliconia in Northeastern Brazil—two new genera and three new species

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco–UFRPE. Departamento de Agronomia, Área de Fitossanidade. 52171–900, Recife. PE, Brazil
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco–UFRPE. Departamento de Agronomia, Área de Fitossanidade. 52171–900, Recife. PE, Brazil
Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Laboratório de Quarentena Vegetal, C. P. 02372, 70.770–900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
CNPq-Brazil-Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo–ESALQ. Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia. C. Postal 9, 13418–900 Piracicaba. SP, Brazil
Acari Eriophyidae Diptilomiopidae Phyllocoptinae taxonomy Heliconia Musa neotropical

Abstract

A new genus and new species of the mite family Eriophyidae (Phyllocoptinae), namely Cothrix erugata n. sp. et n. gen., is described from Heliconia stricta Huber (Heliconiaceae). In addition, one new genus and two new species of Diptilomiopidae, namely Rhyncadicrus asperulus n. sp. et n. gen. from banana, Musa acuminata Colla x Musa balbisiana Colla (genomic group AAB) (Musaceae) and Catarhinus granatus n. sp. from Heliconia bihai L., are described and illustrated. The mites were collected in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil. All were vagrants on the lower leaf surfaces of their host plants and no visible damage symptoms were observed.

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