Family PHYTOPTIDAE Murray, 1877
- Sierraphytoptinae Keifer, H.H. 1944. Eriophyid studies. XIV. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture 33: 18-38.
- Nalepellinae Roivainen, H. 1953. Subfamilies of European eriophyid mites. Annales Entomologici Fennici 19: 83-87.
Introduction
The family Phytoptidae includes 21 genera and 145 species of plant parasites (Walter et al. 2009). A few species are pests on crop plants. The world fauna 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 never been systematically studied, and only two species are known, both on introduced plants. Phytoptus avellanae causes the big bud deformity of hazelnuts, and P. hedericola causes curling of the leaves of English ivy. It is very likely that many more Australian species in this family await discovery.
General References
Walter, D.E., Lindquist, E.E., Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R. & Krantz, G.W. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. pp. 233-420 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.
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Genus Phytoptus Dujardin, 1851
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Species Phytoptus avellanae Nalepa, 1890
General References
Amrine, J.W. & Stasny, T.A. 1994. Catalog of the Eriophyoidea (Acarina: Prostigmata) of the World. Michigan : Indira Publishing House 798 pp. (as Phytoptus avellanae)
Baker, E.W., Kono, T., Amrine, J.W., Delfinado-Baker, M. & Stasny, T.A. 1996. Eriophyoid Mites of the United States. West Bloomfield, Michigan : Indira Publishing House 394 pp. (as Phytoptus avellanae)
Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Phytocoptella avellanae)
Davis, R., Flechtmann, C.H.W., Boczek, J.H. & Barké, H.E. 1982. Catalogue of Eriophyid Mites (Acari : Eriophyoidea). Warsaw : Warsaw Agricultural University Press 254 pp. (as Phytocoptella avellanae)
Evans, J.W. 1942. Orchard and garden mites and their control. Tasmanian Journal of Agriculture 13: 140-142 (as Eriophyes avellanae)
ICZN 1989. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Eriophyes von Siebold, 1851 and Phytoptus Dujardin, 1851 (Arachnida, Acarina) Phytoptus pyri Pagenstecher, 1857 and Phytoptus avellanae Nalepa, 1889 designated as the respective type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46: 58-60 (as Phytoptus avellanae)
Jeppson, L.R., Keifer, H.H. & Baker, E.W. 1975. Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. Berkeley : University of California Press 614 pp. 74 pls. (as Phytocoptella avellanae)
Krantz, G.W. 1979. The role of Phytocoptella avellanae (Nal.) and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis (Nal.) (Eriophyoidea) in big bud of filbert. pp. 201-208 in Piffl, E. (ed.). Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of Acarology, Saalfenden, Austria. Budapest : Akadémiai Kiadó. (as Phytocoptella avellanae)
Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W. & Bruin, J. (eds) 1996. Eriophyoid mites. Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Amsterdam : Elsevier 790 pp. (as Phytoptus avellanae)
Lindquist, E.E. & Manson, D.C.M. 1987. Eriophyes von Siebold, 1851 and Phytoptus Dujardin, 1851 (Arachnida, Acarina) proposed designation of type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44: 41-43 (as Phytoptus avellanae)
Manson, D.C.M. 1984. Eriophyoidea except Eriophyinae (Arachnida : Acari). Fauna of New Zealand 4: 1-142 (as Phytoptus avellanae)
Meyer, M.K.P. (Smith) 1991. African Eriophyoidea : On species of the family Phytoptidae (Acari) in South Africa. Phytophylactica 23: 9-15 (as Phytoptus avellanae)
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Phytoptus avellanae)
Snare, L. & Knihinicki, D. 2000. Big bud mite. An issue for Australian hazelnut growers? Australian Nutgrower 14(1): 17–19 (as Phytoptus avellanae)
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- Phytoptus hedericola Keifer, H.H. 1943. Eriophyid studies. XIII. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture 32: 212-222.
General References
Knihinicki, D.K. & Boczek, J. 2002. New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Australia. International Journal of Acarology 28: 241–249 (as Phytoptus hedericola)
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