Phytoptus

Phytoptus
Phytoptus avellanae gall on hazel
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Phytoptus

Dujardin, 1851
Species
  • Phytoptus avellanae
  • Phytoptus beeri
  • Phytoptus chamaebatiae
  • Phytoptus lineatus
  • Phytoptus paraspiraeae
  • Phytoptus spiraeae
  • ...
Synonyms [1]

Anchiphytoptus Keifer, 1952

Phytoptus is a genus of mites in the family Phytoptidae.[1][2]

Taxonomy

As of February 2024, Phytoptus has three synonyms, Calycophthora Amerling, 1862, Phylloptus Amerling, 1858, and Phytocoptella Newkirk & Keifer, 1971, and there are the following 35 species in the genus:[2]

  • Phytoptus abnormis Garman, 1883
  • Phytoptus adenostomae Keifer, 1976
  • Phytoptus alchemillae Jočić et al., 2011
  • Phytoptus aquatilis Roivainen, 1950
  • Phytoptus atherodes Chetverikov, 2011
  • Phytoptus avellanae Nalepa, 1889
  • Phytoptus breyniae Mohanasundaram, 1981
  • Phytoptus bursarius (Nalepa, 1918)
  • Phytoptus cailloli (Cotte, 1924)
  • Phytoptus caricis (Lehtola, 1940)
  • Phytoptus chamaebatiae (Keifer, 1975)
  • Phytoptus coryli Frauenfeld, 1865
  • Phytoptus cylindricus Roivainen, 1951
  • Phytoptus dehesae Roivainen, 1953
  • Phytoptus eletariae Mohanasundaram, 1981
  • Phytoptus erinotes (Nalepa, 1918)
  • Phytoptus eupadi Newkirk, 1984
  • Phytoptus formosanus Wang & Huang, 2011
  • Phytoptus hedericola Keifer, 1943
  • Phytoptus hirtae Roivainen, 1950
  • Phytoptus lateannulatus Schultze, 1918
  • Phytoptus liroi Roivainen, 1947
  • Phytoptus maritimus Roivainen, 1950
  • Phytoptus montanus Keifer, 1954
  • Phytoptus monthalensis Smith-Meyer, 1991
  • Phytoptus nalepi Zaher & Abou-Awad, 1979
  • Phytoptus nervalis Nalepa, 1918
  • Phytoptus niloticus Abou-Awad, 1981
  • Phytoptus piceae Roivainen, 1951
  • Phytoptus rigidus Roivainen, 1950
  • Phytoptus rosae Mohanasundaram, 1981
  • Phytoptus stenoporus (Nalepa, 1918)
  • Phytoptus swalesi Keifer, 1966
  • Phytoptus swazilandicus Smith-Meyer, 1991
  • Phytoptus tetratrichus (Nalepa, 1891)

References

  1. ^ a b Philipp E. Chetverikov, Radmila U. Petanović & Sogdiana I. Sukhareva (2009). "Systematic remarks on eriophyoid mites from the subfamily Phytoptinae Murray, 1877 (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2070: 63–68.
  2. ^ a b "Phytoptus". BioLib. Retrieved 2 February 2024.