Colomerus novahebridensis Keifer, 1977

Navia, Denise, Gondim, Manoel G. C. & De, Gilberto J., 2007, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with palm trees, Zootaxa 1389, pp. 1-30 : 10

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scientific name	Colomerus novahebridensis Keifer, 1977
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Type host: Cocos nucifera L.

Type locality: Saraoutou, Santo and New Hebrides Islands

Other locality: India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Bangalore, Karnataka); widely distributed in Southeast Asia and Oceania ( Hall et al. 1980; Kang 1981; Mallik et al. 2003)

Plant part: under bract of ripe fruit

Remarks: reported to cause damage to coconut in the Philippines ( Moore & Howard 1996), but not to affect yield in Malaysia ( Kang 1981).

References

Hall, R. A., Hussey, N. W. & Mariau, D. (1980) Results of a survey of biological control agents of the coconut mite Eriophyes guerreronis. Oleagineux, 35, 395 - 398.

Kang, S. M. (1981) Malaysian eriophyid and tarsonemid mites on coconut. FAO Plant Protection Bulletin, 29 (3 / 4), 79.

Keifer, H. H. (1977) Eriophyid studies C- 14. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 24 pp.

Mallik, B., Prasad, G. S., Ranganath, H. R. & Kamali, H. (2003) Occurrence of Colomerus novahebridensis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae) in India. Indian Coconut Journal, 34 (9): 5.

Moore, D. & Howard, F. W. (1996) Coconuts. In: Lindquist, E. E.; Sabelis, M. W. & J. Bruin (Org.). Eriophyoid mites: their biology, natural enemies and control. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 561 - 570.