Family DIPTILOMIOPIDAE Keifer, 1944

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• Diptiliomiopini Keifer, H.H. 1944. Eriophyid studies. XIV. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture 33: 18-38.

Introduction

The family Diptilomiopidae includes 53 genera and more than 300 species world-wide (Walter et al. 2009). All are plant parasites, and a few species are crop pests. The family was catalogued by Amrine & Stasny (1994), and their classification, biology, and host-plant relationships were reviewed by Lindquist et al. (1996). The Australian fauna has not been studied, and only four species are known in three genera. Hong & Zhang (1996) reported Diptacus gigantorhynchus from Australia. However, this is an error, which should have been reported as Austria (Zhang, personal communication, 1996).

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Other Excluded

DIPTILOMIOPIDAE: Diptacus gigantorhynchus (Nalepa, 1892) — Nalepa, A. 1892. Neue Gallmilben (5. Fortsetzung). Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 29: 190-192

General References

Amrine, J.W. & Stasny, T.A. 1994. Catalog of the Eriophyoidea (Acarina: Prostigmata) of the World. Michigan : Indira Publishing House 798 pp.

Hong, X. & Zhang, Z.Q. 1996. The Eriophyoid Mites of China: An Illustrated Catalog and Identification Keys (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea). (Associated Publishers, Gainesville Florida). Memoirs on Entomology, International 7: 1-318

Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W. & Bruin, J. (eds) 1996. Eriophyoid mites. Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Amsterdam : Elsevier 790 pp.

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