Supplementary descriptions of seven eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) recovered from the Viennese Nalepa collection and comparison with Japanese species

Fujio Kadono,Christoph Hörweg,Tetsuo Gotoh,Satoshi Kagiwada,Kenji Kubota,Madoka Takei

doi:10.24349/z3ie-bf78

Abstract

The reason for this study was to compare the morphology of mites from three Japanese samples with topotypes from the Nalepa collection, in order to correctly identify them. With this purpose eriophyoid specimens were recovered from five vials of the Nalepa mite collection in the Natural History Museum of Vienna. We identified seven species and a new combination is established for one of them - Aceria thomasi and Aculops thymi, from two vials labeled Thymus serpyllum (Lamiaceae); Eriophyes spiraeae from a vial labeled Spiraea crenifolia (Rosaceae); and Peralox longirostris n. comb., Shevtchenkella ulmi, Aceria filiformis and Aculus mastigophorus from two vials labeled Ulmus campestris (Ulmaceae). A supplementary description is presented for these species. The Japanese samples were collected from ‘Shiso’, Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Lamiaceae), from Spiraea thunbergia (Rosaceae) and from Juglans mandshurica (Juglandaceae). The mites collected from ‘Shiso’ were identified as A. thymi, but the other two Japanese samples did not match the topotypes. These two samples may be new species and require further taxonomic studies.

Highlights

In the taxonomic survey of Japanese eriophyoid mites, we found that a species of the genus Aculops transmits the perilla mosaic virus (PerMV) and causes rusting damage to leaves of ‘Shiso’, Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. crispa (Benth.) W
The specimens from the samples recovered from two vials were belonged to the genera Aceria and Aculops based on the morphological characteristics of the genera, the former being identified as Aceria thomasi and the latter as Aculops thymi, based on the original description of Nalepa (1889)
We redescribed a mite in the vial collected from S. crenifolia as E. spiraeae

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Introduction

In the taxonomic survey of Japanese eriophyoid mites, we found that a species of the genus Aculops transmits the perilla mosaic virus (PerMV) and causes rusting damage to leaves of ‘Shiso’, Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. crispa (Benth.) W. In the taxonomic survey of Japanese eriophyoid mites, we found that a species of the genus Aculops transmits the perilla mosaic virus (PerMV) and causes rusting damage to leaves of ‘Shiso’, Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. Deane (Lamiaceae) (Takei et al, 2019; Kubota et al, 2020). A second species, identified as belonging to the genus Eriophyes, causes edge-rolling damage to leaves of Spiraea thunbergia Siebold ex Blume (Rosaceae). A third species, belonging to the subfamily Rhyncaphytoptinae, was found on leaves of walnut, Juglans mandshurica Maximowicz (Juglandaceae). How to cite this article Kadono F. et al (2022), Supplementary descriptions of seven eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) recovered from the Viennese Nalepa collection and comparison with Japanese species.

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