Classification:

Genus: Extenuipalpus

Species: Extenuipalpus niekerkae

 
Holotype:

Extenuipalpus niekerkae (Meyer, 1979): 70; Charter's Creek, Saint Lucia, Natal, South Africa, ex Apodytes dimidiata E.Mey. & Arn. (Icacinaceae).

 
Type Depository:
National Collection of Acari, Plant Protection Research Institute, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Pretoria, South Africa.
 
Other Names:
Tenuipalpus niekerkae (original designation) — Meyer (1979)
Extenuipalpus niekerkae — Beard et al. (2016)
 
Distribution:
SOUTH AFRICA: Meyer (1979);
 
Hosts / Substrates:
ANACARDIACEAE: Rhus longispina Eckl. & Zeyh. — Meyer (1979);
EBENACEAE: Euclea racemosa L. — Meyer (1979);
ICACINACEAE: Apodytes dimidiata E.Mey. & Arn. — Meyer (1979);
MALVACEAE: Grewia robusta Burch. — Meyer (1979);
VITACEAE: Rhoicissus digitata (L. f.) Gilg & M. Brandt — Meyer (1979);
 
 

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