Classification:

Genus: Phytoptipalpus

Species: Phytoptipalpus nyala 

 
Holotype:

Phytoptipalpus nyala (Meyer, 1979): 123; Nyala, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, ex Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) subsp. cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. (Mimosaceae).

 
Type Depository:
National Collection of Acari, Plant Protection Research Institute, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Pretoria, South Africa.
 
Other Names:
Aegyptobia nyala (original designation) — Meyer (1979)
Phytoptipalpus nyalai [sic] — Meyer & Van Dis (1993)
 
Distribution:
SOUTH AFRICA: Meyer (1979);
 
Hosts / Substrates:
MIMOSACEAE: Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) subsp. cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. — Meyer (1979);
 
 

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