Two new plant feeding mites from Brachiaria ruziziensis in citrus groves in São Paulo, Brazil and new distribution records of other plant mites in Brazil
Author
Flechtmann, Carlos H. W.
text
Zootaxa
2004
708
1
11
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158803
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158803
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Family
Eriophyidae
Rhombacus eucalypti
Ghosh & Chakrabarti, 1987
: 58
.
This species, described from
India
, was first recorded in Colombo, Paraná, Southern
Brazil
by Flechtmann & Santana in 2001, from
Eucalyptus tereticornis
Sm.
,
E. grandis
W. Hill.
and
E. camaldulensis
Dehnh.
in a greenhouse.
It is now reported on a fouth species of
Eucalyptus
, from the State of São Paulo.
Specimens examined
: many females and males, vagrant on leaves of
E. urograndis
(a hybrid of
E. urophylla
S.T. Blake
and
E. grandis
), in an open field stand, in Mogi Guacu, São Paulo,
October 2001
, coll. Dalva L.Q. Santana.
Eriophyes pyri
(
Pagenstecher, 1857
)
: 58
The pearleaf blister mite is worldwide in distribution and is confined to pear. It is known from Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of
Brazil
(
Parseval, 1939
).
More recently it was collected in the State of Santa Catarina.
Specimens examined
:
12 females
from pear,
Pyrus communis
L.,
19 January 2000
, Frei Rogério, Santa Catarina, coll. I. Nora.