Tegoprionus dentatus (Nalepa, 1894)

on Galium

mite, lateral and dorsal view; scale bar 20 µm (from Chetverikov ao)

gall

the mites are vagrants in the inflorescence; at high densities this may become disfigured.

host plants

Rubiaceae, monophagous

Galium aparine, verum.

Roivainen (1951a) cited the species also from Pimpinella saxifraga, but that is not repeated by Farkas (1965a).

synonyms

Tegonotus dentatus.

references

Buhr (1964b), Chetverikov, Klimov, Letukhova ao (2019a), Farkas (1965a), Houard (1909a), Petanović (2001b), Roivainen (1947a, 1951a), Roskam (2009a), Skoracka, Lewandowski & Boczek (2005a).