Sierraphytoptus Keifer 1939
- Dataset
- A revision of the genus Sierraphytoptus Keifer 1939 (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Prostigmata
- family
- Phytoptidae
- genus
- Sierraphytoptus
diagnosis
Diagnosis: opisthosoma diversely annulated; prodorsal shield with four setae – ve and sc; a pair of setae c 1 on the dorsal part of opisthosoma; solenidion on leg I, II missing. Species included: Sierraphytopyus alnivagrans Keifer, 1939, S. ambulans sp. n., S. setiger (Nalepa, 1894)
discussion
Remarks. The species S. taiwanensus from T. aralioides is removed from the genus because it possesses a solenidion on tibia I, while in Sierraphytoptus it is missing. The tibial solenidion was not measured and figured in the description of S. taiwanensus given by K. W. Huang (2006), but the female (slide # 030416 - 01, Taiwan, Nantou Ren-ai 2003 / 04 / 16, coll. K. W. Huang) and nymph (slide # 961031 - 17, Taiwan, Taichung Anmashan, 1996 / 10 / 31, coll. C. F. Wang) of this mite do have a tibial solenidion (Fig. 1). Therefore, the morphological features of S. taiwanensus correspond to the diagnosis of the genus Austracus Keifer, 1944 and we transfer it to this genus: Austracus taiwanensus (K. - W. Huang 2006) comb. n. Mites of the genus Sierraphytoptus were first found by А. Nalepa (1894) inside red galls on leaves of F.
distribution
Distribution and hosts. Mites of the genus are recorded from North America, Asia (Armenia, Ural region and South Siberia of Russia, China) and Europe. Host-plants of these mites include dicots from the orders Fagales (Alnus spp.) and Rosales (Fragaria spp.).
materials_examined
Type species: Sierraphytoptus alnivagrans Keifer, 1939, by monotypy.