Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Arrenoseiina

Genus: Phytoscutus

Species: Phytoscutus acaridophagus

 
Holotype:

Phytoscutus acaridophagus (Collyer, 1964b): 644; Te Morepu, Auckland, New Zealand, on Rubus sp..

 
Other Names:
Iphiseius acaridophagus (original designation) — Collyer (1964b)
 
Distribution:
AUSTRALIA — NEW SOUTH WALES: Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1997); QUEENSLAND: Walter (1999a); VICTORIA: Walter (1999a);
NEW ZEALAND: Collyer (1964b); Collyer (1967);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Rosaceae: Rubus sp.  — Collyer (1964b);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012); Spain & Luxton (1971);
Redescription: Chant & McMurtry (2004b); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Collyer (1967); Walter (1999a); Yoshida-Shaul & Chant (1997);
 

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