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Genus of mites

Phytoptus
Phytoptus avellanae gall on hazel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Prostigmata
Family: Phytoptidae
Genus: Phytoptus
Dujardin, 1851
Species
Synonyms 

Anchiphytoptus Keifer, 1952

Phytoptus is a genus of mites in the family Phytoptidae.

Taxonomy

As of February 2024, Phytoptus has three synonyms, Calycophthora Amerling, 1862, Phylloptus Amerling, 1858, and Phytocoptella Newkirk & Keifer, 1971, and there are the following 35 species in the genus:

References

  1. ^ Philipp E. Chetverikov, Radmila U. Petanović & Sogdiana I. Sukhareva (2009). "Systematic remarks on eriophyoid mites from the subfamily Phytoptinae Murray, 1877 (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2070: 63–68.
  2. ^ "Phytoptus". BioLib. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

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Taxon identifiers
Phytoptus


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