First record of Phyllocoptruta musae (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) in the Neotropics, in Hispaniola
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The banana rust mite, Phyllocoptruta musae Keifer, is reported for the first time from the Neotropics, in the Dominican Republic. The current known distribution of this pest is provided. Comparisons are made to other Neotropical species of Phyllocoptruta genus, and descriptions with photos are provided of the injury to plants.
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Mite, eriophyid, Musaceae, Caribbean, Dominican Republic
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Tan, M.-C., L.-F. Huang, Y.-G. Fu, & G.-Q. Wang. 2014 One new genus and two new species of Phyllocoptini (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Hainan Island, South China. International Journal of Acarology, 40 (7): 513–518.
Xue, X.-F., Z.-W. Song, & X.-Y. Hong. 2010. Review of Phyllocoptruta, with descriptions of two new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103 (5): 697–705.
Flechtmann, C. H. W., S. Kreiter, J. Etienne, & G. J. de Moraes. 2000. Plant mites (Acari) of the French Antilles. 4. Eriophyidae (Prostigmata). Acarologia, 40: 321–342.
Keifer, H. H. 1955. Eriophyid studies XXIII. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture, 44: 126–130.
Li, D.-W., G.-Q. Wang, & S.-G. WEI. 2007. A new genus and three new species of Phyllocoptinae (Acari: Eriophyidae) from South China. Zootaxa, 1587: 53–59.
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la agricultura (FAO). 2019. Datos sobre alimentación y agricultura: FAOSTAT. http://www.fao.org/faostat/es/#data/QC (access: april 7, 2021).
Perez-Gelabert, D. E. 2020. Checklist, Bibliography and Quantitative Data of the Arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa, 4749 (1): 001–668.
Tan, M.-C., L.-F. Huang, Y.-G. Fu, & G.-Q. Wang. 2014 One new genus and two new species of Phyllocoptini (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Hainan Island, South China. International Journal of Acarology, 40 (7): 513–518.
Xue, X.-F., Z.-W. Song, & X.-Y. Hong. 2010. Review of Phyllocoptruta, with descriptions of two new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103 (5): 697–705.
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Gómez-Moya, C. A., Amrine, J. W., Flechtmann, C. H., Campos, D., Navia, D., & Suárez, P. (2021). First record of Phyllocoptruta musae (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) in the Neotropics, in Hispaniola. Novitates Caribaea, (18), 209–213. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi18.271
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