The results of a survey of Eriophyoidea mites on wild and cultivated Solanaceae plants in Central Brazil are presented. Five new taxa associated with plants in the genus Solanum are described and illustrated. They include one new genus with type species belonging to Phyllocoptinae, Calacarini—Viginticus lupusmalumgen. nov. & sp. nov.; two new species in the Eriophyinae, Aceriini—Aceria solanisp. nov. and Paraphytoptus tuberacutussp. nov., all of them associated with Solanum lycocarpum St. Hil.; and one new species in the Phyllocoptinae, Athocoptini—Aculus michereffisp. nov., associated with Solanum acanthodes Hook.. New host plants for the tomato russet mite, Aculops lycopersici (Tryon 1917), are reported. In addition, the first record of Calacarus speciosissimumFlechtmann, 1999 for Brazil and from Capsicum as host plants, and the first record of Rhynacus lippius Duarte, Chetverikov & Navia, 2016, on solanaceous plants are presented; supplementary descriptions of these species were elaborated. Diagnostic traits for Calacarus mites collected on Solanaceae plants around the world are summarized.
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13 July 2020
Eriophyoid mites (Acariformes) from wild and cultivated Solanaceae plants from Brazil—new taxa, supplementary descriptions, a first report and new host plants of the tomato russet mite
Mércia Elias Duarte,
Renata Santos De Mendonça,
Denise Navia
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 25 • No. 7
July 2020
Vol. 25 • No. 7
July 2020
Aculops lycopersici
AMAZON
Capsicum
Cerrado Savannah
Solanum