Eriophyes totarae is a species of mite in the family Eriophyidae which is endemic to New Zealand.
New Zealand.
This mite attacks and grows on Podocarpus totara.
Totarae is a latinized word for totara, the MÃÂori 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.