Eriophyes totarae is a species of mite in the family Eriophyidae which is endemic to New Zealand.
Range.
New Zealand.
Ecology.
This mite attacks and grows on "Podocarpus totara".
Etymology.
"Totarae" is a latinized word for totara, the Māori language word for "Podocarpus totara." It is formed similarly to first declension nouns in the genitive singular, and would be a noun in apposition according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.