Classification:

Genus: Phytoptipalpus

Species: Phytoptipalpus kalahariensis

 
Holotype:

Phytoptipalpus kalahariensis (Meyer, 1979): 121; Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, Cape Province, South Africa, ex Rhigozum trichotomum Burch. (Bignoniaceae)

 
Type Depository:
National Collection of Acari, Plant Protection Research Institute, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Pretoria, South Africa.
 
Other Names:
Aegyptobia kalahariensis (original designation) — Meyer (1979)
Phytoptipalpus kalahariensis — Meyer & Van Dis (1993)
 
Distribution:
SOUTH AFRICA: Meyer (1979); Meyer & Ueckermann (1989); Meyer & Van Dis (1993);
 
Hosts / Substrates:
ACANTHACEAE: Monechma genistifolium C.B. Clarke subsp. australe (P.G. Mey.) J. Munday — Meyer & Ueckermann (1989);
ANACARDIACEAE: Rhus sp. — Meyer & Van Dis (1993);
ASPARAGACEAE: Protasparagus pearsonii (Kies) Oberm. — Meyer & Ueckermann (1989);
BIGNONIACEAE: Rhigozum trichotomum Burch. — Meyer (1979);
 
Catalog: Mesa et al. (2009); Sepasgosarian (1983); Sepasgosarian (1996);
Redescription: Hasan et al. (2003b); Meyer & Ueckermann (1989); Meyer & Van Dis (1993); Ueckermann et al. (2019);
 

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