Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ( Keifer, 1954 )

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Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ( Keifer, 1954)

Cecidophyes hendersoni Keifer, 1954: 123–124 .

Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ; Keifer, 1959: 275.

Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ; Hall, 1967: 644.

Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ; Flechtmann & Davis, 1971: 8.

Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ; Petanovic, 1997: 213.

Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ; Labanowski, 1998: 7.

Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ; Ramezani et al., 2006: 139.

Cecidophyopsis hendersoni ; Ripka, 2008: 143.

Material examined. 3 females (slide 09/2004/462), from Yucca elephantipes (Agavaceae) , Auckland, New Zealand, 20 January 2004, coll. S. Wilson; 3 females (slide NPPRL ref. 09/2004/689), from Y. elephantipes (Agavaceae) , Rentokil Plant Nursery, Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand, 28 January 2004; 30 females and 2 males (3 slides NPPRL ref. 09/2005/4193), from Yucca sp. (Agavaceae) , Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand, 19 July 2005, coll. A. Reed. Specimens in PANZ.

Host. Yucca glauca , Y. elephantipes (Agavaceae) .

Relation to host. Vagrant; mites cause leaf deformation, with affected fronds dusted with whitish powder.

Dsitribution. New Zealand (Auckland), USA (Kansas, Georgia, California), Serbia, Poland, Iran, Hungary.

Remarks. An interesting abnormal development of setae was observed in one specimen collected on Yucca sp. in Mangere, Auckland. The two setae on coxal plate I on one side form a duplex ( Fig. 3B ).

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FIGURE 3. Cecidophyes hendersoni Keifer, 1954. A, dorsal view of prodorsal shield; B, coxae and female genitalia.