Published July 7, 2021 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Euterpia Navia & Flechtmann 2005

Description

Euterpia.

Type host. Euterpe precatoria Mart. (Arecaceae).

Type locality. Manaus (3º04’S, 59º55’W), Amazonas, Brazil.

Relationship to host plant. Vagrants on lower surface of leaves, along midribs, causing no apparent symptoms (Navia & Flechtmann 2005b).

Remarks. Type species in the genus Navia. Only known from the type host/locality.

Type host plant status. Native palm tree, not endemic, occurring in Amazônia biome in the North Region (Vianna 2020f). A palm tree of high economic and social importance. Very popular for the production of a drink, obtained from the pulp of the fruit, known as açaí wine. The heart is also used for the construction of houses and the roots are medicinal (Lorenzi et al. 1996).

Notes

Published as part of Navia, Denise, Duarte, Mercia Elias & Flechtmann, Carlos H. W., 2021, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) from Brazil: an annotated checklist, pp. 1-152 in Zootaxa 4997 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4997.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5089227

Files

Files (1.2 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:0ee5ee69337196e39447d95af02b7bcc
1.2 kB Download

System files (7.8 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:1bb749ca3068a7ec0aec7b45b7f32da4
7.8 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Euterpia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Navia & Flechtmann
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Euterpia Navia, 2005 sec. Navia, Duarte & Flechtmann, 2021

References

  • Navia, D. & Flechtmann, C. H. W. (2005 b) A new genus and five species of Eriophyoidea (Prostigmata) associated with palm trees from Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa, 1078 (1), 41 - 58. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1078.1.4
  • Vianna, S. A. (2020 f) Socratea. Flora do Brasil 2020 em construcao. Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. Available from: http: // reflora. jbrj. gov. br / reflora / floradobrasil / FB 15731 (accessed 9 September 2020)
  • Lorenzi, H., Souza, H. M., Medeiros-Costa, J. T., Cerqueira, L. S. C. & Behr, N. (1996) Palmeiras no Brasil: nativas e exoticas. Plantarum, Nova Odessa, Sao Paulo, 303 pp.