Species Phyllocoptruta oleivora (Ashmead, 1879)

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• Typhlodromus oiliioorus Ashmead, W.H. 1879. Injurious and beneficial insects found on the orange trees of Florida. The Canadian Entomologist 11: 159-160 [original spelling].
• Typhlodromus oleivora Ashmead, W.H. 1879. Injurious and beneficial insects found on the orange trees of Florida. The Canadian Entomologist 11: 159-160 [emendation].

Introduction

The original spelling of this species' name was Typhlodromus oiliioorus. Thomas (1883) emended the species name to T. oleivora; that spelling has been in use ever since and I retain its use here in the interests of stability.

General References

Essig, E.O. 1926. Insects of Western North America. New York : Macmillan 1035 pp. (as Phyllocoptes oleivorus)

Flechtmann, C.H.W. & Aranda, B.R.C. 1970. New records and notes on eriophyid mites from Brazil and Paraguay, with a list of Eriophyidae from South America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72: 94-98 (as Phyllocoptruta oleivorus)

Froggatt, W.W. 1920. Orchard and garden mites. No. 1. Blister mites (Family Eriophyidae). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 31: 577-580 2 pls (as Phyllocoptes oleivorus)

Hely, P.C. 1968. The entomology of citrus in New South Wales. Miscellaneous Publications of the Australian Entomological Society 1: 1-20 (as Phyllocoptruta oleivora)

Keifer, H.H. 1938. Eriophyid studies. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture 27: 181-206 (as Phyllocoptruta oleivorus)

Thomas, F.A. 1883. Durch Thiere erzeugte Pflanzengallen. Just's Botanischer Jahresbericht Siebenter Jahrgang 7: 183-210 (as Phyllocoptes oleivorus)

Xue, X.-F., Song, Z.-W. & Hong, X.-Y. 2010. Review of Phyllocoptruta, with descriptions of two new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103: 697–705 (as Phyllocoptruta oleivora)

Xue, X.-F. & Zhang, Z.-Q. 2009. Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) in Southeast Asia: a synopsis of 104 genera, with an illustrated key to genera and checklist of species. Zootaxa 2257: 1–128 (as Phyllocoptruta oleivora)

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