Euterpia, Navia, Denise & Flechtmann, Carlos H. W., 2005

Euterpia View in CoL n. gen. ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )

( Eriophyidae , Phyllocoptinae , Phyllocoptini )

Diagnosis. Body fusiform, shield sculptured, with frontal lobe and with scapular setae well ahead of rear shield margin; gnathosoma small. Opisthosoma with a dorsal central ridge. Dorsal palp genual seta (antapical seta) bifurcate. Tibial I ( l´) and genual I and II ( l´´) setae present, empodium entire; femoral seta missing. Opisthosomal setae I ( d) and II ( e) missing.

Type species: Euterpia fissa n. sp.

Etymology. The generic name, Euterpia , is derived from the genus of the host plant, Euterpe , plus the suffix ia, Latin, pertaining to. Gender: feminine.

Remarks. Euterpia n.g. is near Neodicrothrix Mohanasundaram 1984 in presenting bifurcate antapical seta and in the lack of ventral opisthosomal setae I ( d) and II ( e). It differs in the presence of tibial ( l’) and genual ( l”) setae, both missing in Neodicrothrix and in the absence of femoral setae ( bv), which are present in Neodicrothrix .