Austracus Keifer 1944

Genus Austracus Keifer, 1944: 20 Austracus havrylenkonis Keifer, 1944: 20, fig. 182 Type host: Nothofagus dombeyi (Mirb.) Blume (Fagaceae) Relation to host: mites cause galls on fruits Distribution: South America (Argentina) Austracus taiwanensus (K.- W. Huang 2006) comb. n. Sierraphytoptus taiwanensus K.- W. Huang 2006: 63, fig. 1 Type host: Trochodendron aralioides S. et Z. (Trochodendraceae) Relation to host: vagrant on the lower leaf surface, no damage observed Distribution: Taiwan Comparative material. One female and one nymph of A. taiwanensus comb. n. from T. aralioides. The mites are vagrant on the lower leaf surface, causing no visible damage. Slide # 030416 -01 (TAIWAN: Nantou Renai, 16.IV. 2003, leg. K.W. Huang) and slide # 961031 - 17 (TAIWAN: Taichung Anmashan, 31.X. 1996, leg. C.F.Wang).Published as part of Chetverikov, Philipp E. & Sukhareva, Sogdiana I., 2009, A revision of the genus Sierraphytoptus Keifer 1939 (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae), pp. 30-42 in Zootaxa 2309 on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19184