New Species Of Eriophyoid Mites Research Articles

Description of one new genus and three new eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) from South China

A new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites from China are described and illustrated. They are Abifurcacothrix brassaiopsis gen. nov. & sp. nov. infesting Brassaiopsis glomerulata (Bl.) Regel. (Araliaceae), Neocalepitrimerus pittosporus sp. nov. and Diptilomiopus illicioides sp. nov. infesting Pittosporum illicioides Mak. (Pittosporaceae). These new species were found to be vagrant on the lower surface of their associated plant leaves, with no apparent damage observed.

Three new Rhyncaphytoptinae mite species from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)</p >

Three new species of eriophyoid mite from China are described and illustrated. They are Rhyncaphytoptus emeishanicus sp. nov. on Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala (Sapindaceae), Rhyncaphytoptus thysanolaenus sp. nov. on Thysanolaena latifolia (Poaceae), and Catarhinus haikouicus sp. nov. on Miscanthus floridulus (Poaceae). All three new eriophyoid mite species are vagrants causing no apparent symptom to their host plants.

Two new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) associated with Callerya Endl. and supplementary descriptions of Fujianacarus wisterianis from China.

Two new eriophyid mite species (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) were described from the host plants of the genus Callerya Endl. during a field survey in China: Tetra nitidae sp. nov. vagrant on leaves ofCallerya nitida (Bentham) R. Geesink (Leguminosae),and Calepitrimerus calleryus sp. nov. vagrant on leaves ofCallerya tsui (F. P. Metcalf) Z. Wei & Pedley. Both species caused no apparent symptoms in their host plants. Additionally, this paper provides a supplementary morphological description and illustrations of Fujianacarus wisterianis Song, Xue & Hong, 2008 (Eriophyoidea).

Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from South China

ABSTRACT Three new species of eriophyoid mites from South China are described and illustrated: Dichopelmus homalii sp. nov. and Agenuseta tianliaomus sp. nov. from Homalium cochinchinense (Lour.) Druce (Salicaceae). Levonga melicopeae sp. nov. from Melicope pteleifolia (Champ. ex Benth.) T. G. Hartley (Rutaceae). All of them are vagrants on lower leaf surface and cause no apparent symptom to their host plants.

Three new species Nothopoda Keifer (Acari, Nothopodinae) from Guangxi, China

ABSTRACT In this paper, three new species of eriophyoid mites belonging to the subfamily Nothopodinae from Guangxi are described and illustrated. They are Nothopoda maesae sp. nov. collected on Maesa perlaria (Lour.) Merr. (Myrsinaceae), Nothopoda camelliae sp. nov. collected on Camellia oleifera Abel (Theaceae), and Nothopoda nepalense sp. nov. collected on Alnus nepalensis D. Don (Betulaceae). All the species are vagrants on the lower leaf surface, causing no apparent damage to their host plants. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4AC5CCA4-22FD-4B9B-B76D-35CDA24392C4

Description of Acaralox latifolia n. sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) on water bamboo from Taiwan

Water bamboo, Zizania latifolia (Griseb.), Poaceae, is the major crop in Puli Township, Taiwan. Following some unknown mite infestations causing leaf curling symptoms first observed in 2018, water bamboos experienced a dramatic crop yield. Our morphological evaluation revealed their infestation with a new species of eriophyoid mite, Acaralox latifolia n. sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea). Here, we described and illustrated this new species and provided its scanning electronic micrographs and DNA sequences of COI and ITS regions. This is the first record of the genus Acaralox from Taiwan.

A New Aculodes Species (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) Described from an Invasive Weed by Morphological, Morphometric and DNA Barcode Analyses.

Simple SummaryNatural enemies of cheatgrass, an invasive plant in the western USA that is associated with recent increases in destructive wildfires, were sought as part of a classical biological control program targeting that plant. A population of mites was discovered infesting cheatgrass plants in central Bulgaria and determined to be a new species using morphological, morphometric analysis (i.e., measurement of specific body parts) and DNA barcoding (i.e., comparison of DNA sequences in genes shared by all mite species). Without these modern analytical tools, this mite would probably have been considered as the same species as another mite that infests other plants. This new mite species will now be tested to determine if it is suitable for importation and release in the USA as a biological control agent of cheatgrass.A new species of eriophyoid mite, Aculodes marcelli sp. nov., was discovered on cheatgrass, Anisantha tectorum (L.) Nevski (syn. Bromus tectorum L.), an annual grass that is native to Eurasia and Northern Africa. This grass was introduced to North America near the end of the 19th century and now is widespread and associated with the observed increases in the size, frequency, and intensity of wildfires in western N. America. In this paper, A. marcelli sp. nov., is morphologically described and illustrated. Compared with other Aculodes spp., it differs based on morphology and the sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase gene, subunit I (MT-CO1). Results of morphometric analysis showed clear differentiation between A. marcelli sp. nov., and the most similar congener, A. altamurgiensis from Taeniatherum caput-medusae. Analysis of MT-CO1 sequence divergence revealed significant levels of genetic variation (17.7%) and supported the results from the morphometric analysis; therefore, it is determined that they are two different species. Aculodes marcelli sp. nov., is a new candidate agent for classical biological control of A. tectorum.

Two new species and a new record of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyodea) from Guangxi, China.

Two new species of eriophyoid mites are described and illustrated from Guangxi, China: Acaphylla quercus sp. nov. collected on Quercus glauca Thunb. (Fagaceae), Rhyncaphytoptus miliusius sp. nov. collected on Miliusa sinensis Finet Gagnep. (Annonaceae). We further report Cecidodectes euzonus Nalepa, 1917, collected on Trema tomentosa (Roxb.) H.Hara (Cannabaceae), for the first time from China. All the species are vagrants on lower leaf surface causing no apparent damage to their host plants.

Three new species of the eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Guangxi, China

ABSTRACT In this paper, three new species of eriophyoid mites from Guangxi, China, are described and illustrated. They are as follows: Paraphytoptus niveae sp. nov. infesting Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich. (Urticaceae), Boczekiana broussonetiae sp. nov. infesting Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L’Hér. ex Vent. (Moraceae), and Trimeroptes kaempferi sp. nov. infesting Broussonetia kaempferi Siebold (Moraceae). All three new species are vagrants on the lower leaf surface and cause no apparent symptom to their host plants.

One new genus and two new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from South China

One new genus and two new species of eriophyoid mites from South China are described and illustrated: Epicecidophyes cinnamomi sp. nov. infesting Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl (Lauraceae) belongs to the subfamily Cecidophyinae and Fairina dimocarpi gen. nov. & sp. nov. infesting Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Sapindaceae) belongs to the subfamily Phyllocoptinae. Both new species are vagrants causing no apparent damage to their host plants.

Two new species of eriophyoid mites from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Two new species of eriophyoid mites from China are described and illustrated. They are Phyllocoptes broccolis sp. nov. on Mucuna macrocarpa (Leguminosae), and Apodiptacus hongkouianus sp. nov. on Bambusa sp. (Poaceae). Both new eriophyoid mite species are vagrants causing no apparent symptom to their host plants.

Three new species of eriophyoid mites from Maixiu National Forest Park, Qinghai Province, China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Three new species of eriophyoid mites from Maixiu National Forest Park, Qinghai Province, China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Two new species of Aceria (Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) associated with Amaranthaceae in Egypt

Two new species of eriophyoid mites inhabiting amaranthaceous plants in Egypt are described and illustrated. Aceria mosalahi sp. nov. heavily induces galls on leaves and stems of Chenopodiastrum murale (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch, while Aceria nudata sp. nov. induces red galls on the stems and leaves of Traganum nudatum Delile. Twenty-two Aceria species are known to inhabit plants of the Amaranthaceae family, and those inducing galls are listed here along with their diagnostic characteristic.

Three new species of the family Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from South China

In this paper, three new species of eriophyoid mites of the family Eriophyidae from South China are described and illustrated. They are: Stenacis cryptomeris sp. nov. infesting Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. Ex L.f.) D.Don (Cupressaceae), Tetra guizhouensis sp. nov. infesting Caesalpinia sp. (Leguminosae), and Nothopoda schimae sp. nov. infesting Schima superba Gardner & Champ. (Theaceae). All of these three new species are vagrants on lower leaf surface and causing no apparent damages to their host plants.

<p><strong>Description of two new eriophyid species (Acari: Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) from Hungary</strong></p>

Two new species of eriophyoid mites were discovered in Hungary, viz. Aculodes caespiticolus sp. nov. collected from Sesleria sadleriana Janka (Poaceae) and Aceria cumaniamajoris sp. nov. found on Polygonum aviculare L. (Polygonaceae). Detailed morphological description of female, male and nymph is given. A key to Aculodes spp. already known from Hungary is given.

<p class="Body"><strong>Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with <em>Melicope pteleifolia</em> from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China</strong></p>

During a field survey in 2019, three new species of eriophyoid mites were collected from Melicope pteleifolia, in Rongan county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Aceria melicope sp. nov. causes blister-like galls on the upper side of the leaves, forming thickened, wrinkled and distorted leaves. Phyllocoptruta pteleifoliae sp. nov. and Diptilomiopus ronganensis sp. nov. are vagrant on the leaves and no apparent symptom was observed.

<p class="Body"><strong>Two new species of acaricaline eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from India</strong></p><p class="Body"> </p>

Two new species of eriophyoid mites viz., Cymeda indica sp. nov. on Cyclosorus dentatus. (Thelypteridaceae) and Neoacaphyllisa alangia sp. nov. on Alangium sp. (Cornaceae) are described here from Darjeeling district of West Bengal and Guwahati district of Assam, India respectively. The new species belong to the family Eriophyidae, subfamily Phyllocoptinae and tribe Acaricalini. They are the second members in the respective genera.

Two new species of Eriophyidae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea) with a list of bamboo-associated eriophyoid mites

This paper presents a list of the species, the host plants and distribution of eriophyoid mites on bamboo in the world. Seventy-two eriophyoid species from 32 genera, associated with bamboo species from 13 genera, are listed. Twelve of the reported species belong to Diptilomiopidae and 60 to Eriophyidae. Two new species of eriophyoid mites on bamboo from Yunnan and Hunan Provinces of China are described and illustrated: Calacarus bambusis sp. nov. on Bambusa sp. (Poaceae) and Tetra tessella sp. nov. on Indocalamus tessellatus (Munro) Keng f. (Poaceae). Both species are vagrants on leaf surfaces, causing no apparent damage.

One new genus and two new species of Tegonotini (Acari: Eriophyidae) associated to Malvaceae from South China

ABSTRACTOne new genus and two new species of eriophyoid mites in the tribe Tegonotini from Hainan Island in southern China are described and illustrated. They are: Convexmitrata asperae gen. nov. & sp. nov. found on Byttneria aspera Collebr. ex Wall. (Malvaceae) and Parategonotus hospitae sp. nov. associated with Kleinhovia hospita L. (Malvaceae). Both new species are vagrants on their respective host plants and symptoms were not observed.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:04E33875-CA0E-44E6-855C-2E46EE524CEF

<p class="Body">Four new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) on native vegetation from Pampa biome, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

Four new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) were collected from native plant species from Pampa biome, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and are described and illustrated herein. They have been named: Aculus pampae sp. nov. on Elephantopus mollis Kunth (Asteraceae); Costarectus lanceatus sp. nov. on Sebastiania brasiliensis Spreng. (Euphorbiaceae); Dichopelmus sigfeminae sp. nov. and Rhynacus symflori sp. nov. both on Symplocos uniflora (Pohl) Benth. (Symplocaceae). All new species appeared to be vagrants and no apparent symptom was associated to them.