Phytoptus

Phytoptus
Phytoptus avellanae gall on hazel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Prostigmata
Family:	Phytoptidae
Genus:	Phytoptus Dujardin, 1851
Diversity
35 species

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

Taxonomy

As of February 2024, Phytoptus has three synonyms, CalycophthoraAmerling, 1862, PhylloptusAmerling, 1858, and PhytocoptellaNewkirk & 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. 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. "Phytoptus". BioLib. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

External links

• Data related to Phytoptus at Wikispecies