Classification:

Genus: Ultratenuipalpus

Species: Ultratenuipalpus aberrans

 
Holotype:

Ultratenuipalpus aberrans (Collyer, 1973): 926; Buller River, New Zealand, ex Pyrus malus L. (Rosaceae) in Nothofagus (Fagaceae) forest.

 
Type Depository:
Entomology Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Auckland, New Zealand.
 
Other Names:
Tenuipalpus aberrans (original designation) — Collyer (1973c)
Amblypalpus aberransMitrofanov & Strunkova (1979)
Ultratenuipalpus aberransMesa et al. (2009)
 
Distribution:
NEW ZEALAND: Collyer (1973c);
 
Hosts / Substrates:
ASTELIACEAE: Astelia sp. — Collyer (1973c);
DIPTERIDACEAE: Phymatodes diversifolia — Collyer (1973c);
LEGUMINOSAE: Sophora tetraptera  — Collyer (1973c);
NOTHOFAGACEAE: Nothofagus fusca (Hook) Oerst. — Collyer (1973c)Nothofagus menziesii — Collyer (1973c);
PODOCARPACEAE: Dacrydium bidwillii — Collyer (1973c);
ROSACEAE: Pyrus malus L. — Collyer (1973c);
 
 
Notes:
- It appears that Nothofagus spp. are the main host; when the mite was collected from other hosts, the plants were located inside Nothofagus forest (Mesa et al. 2009).;
 

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