Trimeroptes rubi Bagdasarian, 1976

Pye, Daniel R. L. & Lillo, Enrico De, 2010, A review of the eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Rubus spp. in Britain, with a new species (Diptilomiopidae) and two new records, Zootaxa 2677, pp. 15-26 : 22

Trimeroptes rubi Bagdasarian, 1976

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Type host and locality. Rubus sp., Armenia.

Distribution. Armenia ( Bagdasarian & Pogosova, 1976), England (recorded here) and Italy (from R. fruticosus ) (de Lillo, 1997).

Relation to the host. Va g ra n t.

Collection data. England, Kent, Tonbridge, commercial plant nursery site, low numbers of adult females, males and nymphs found on the underside of the leaves of R. fruticosus , 07.x.2009. No damage symptoms were observed on the plant material examined.

Remarks. This is the first published record of this species from plant material growing in Britain.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Digital micrographs of the prodorsal shield and coxigenital region. Trimeroptes rubi. Mature protogyne female. Scale bar: 20 µm.