Aceria
Genus of mites
Aceria genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae , the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants . Several species can cause blistering and galls , including erineum galls.[ 1] pests , while others are useful as agents of biological pest control of invasive plants such as rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea ), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense ), and field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis ).
There are over 900 species in the genus.[ 2]
In 2017, a new species, Aceria pycnocomi Pycnocomon rutifolium [ 3]
Oregano (Origanum vulgare Aceria labiatiflorae Aceria fraxini Aceria nervisequa Common broom (Cytisus scoparius Aceria genistae
Selected species
Aceria aloinis Keifer, 1941 – aloe miteAceria anthocoptes Nalepa , 1892Aceria baccharices Keifer, 1945 – Arroyo willow miteAceria banatica Vidovic, 2011 [ 4] Aceria bipedis Manson, 1984 Aceria brachytarsus Acaria cajani Mitra, 1931 Aceria calaceris Keifer, 1952 – western maple erineum miteAceria calystegiae Lamb, 1952 Aceria campestricola (Frauenfeld, 1865) Aceria capreae Manson, 1984 Aceria carmichaeliae Lamb, 1952 Aceria chondrillae Canestrini, 1891 – skeletonweed gall mite, chondrilla gall miteAceria clianthi Lamb, 1952 Aceria cynodoniensis Sayed, 1946 Aceria depressae Manson, 1984 Aceria diospyri Keifer, 1944 Aceria elongata Hodgkiss, 1913 – crimson erineum miteAceria erinea Nalepa, 1891 Aceria eriobotryae Keifer, 1938 Aceria ficus Cotte, 1920 Aceria fraxini (Garman, 1883) – ash bead gall miteAceria fraxiniflora (Felt, 1906) – ash flower gall miteAceria fraxinicola Nalepa, 1890 Aceria fraxinivora Nalepa, 1909 Aceria gallae T.Huang, 1996 Aceria genistae Nalepa, 1891 – broom gall miteAceria gersoni Manson, 1984 Aceria gleicheniae Manson, 1984 Aceria guerreronis Keifer, 1965 Aceria hagleyensis Manson, 1984 Aceria healyi Manson, 1970 Aceria iteina Nalepa, 1925 Aceria jasmini Channabasavanna, 1966 Aceria jasminoidis Huang, 2001 Aceria korelli Manson, 1984 Aceria kuko Kishida, 1927 Aceria labiatiflorae Thomas, 1872 (syn. A. oregani )Aceria lanyuensis Huang, 2001 Aceria litchii Keifer, 1943 Aceria litseae Keifer, 1972 Aceria lycopersici Wolffenstein, 1879 Aceria mackiei Keifer, 1938 Aceria malherbae Nuzzaci, 1985 – bindweed gall miteAceria mangiferae Sayed, 1946 Aceria manukae Lamb, 1952 Aceria mayae Manson, 1984 Aceria melicopis Manson, 1984 Aceria melicyti Lamb, 1953 Aceria microphyllae Manson, 1984 Aceria mikaniae Nalepa, 1918 Aceria monoica Huang, 2001 Aceria nervisequa Canestrini, 1891 Aceria oleae Nalepa 1900 Aceria parvensis Manson 1972 Aceria pimeliae Manson, 1984 Aceria pipturi Keifer, 1966 Aceria plagianthi Manson, 1984 Aceria pobuzii Huang, 1996 Aceria pseudoplatani Corti, 1905 Aceria roxburghianae Huang, 2008 Aceria rubifaciens Lamb, 1953 Aceria sacchari Wang, 1964 Aceria serratifoliae Huang, 2008 Aceria sheldoni Ewing, 1937 – citrus bud miteAceria shepherdiae Keifer, 1966 Aceria simonensis Manson, 1984 Aceria spicati Stebbins, 1909 Aceria strictae Manson, 1984 Aceria sylvestrae Huang, 2008 Aceria taiwanensis Huang, 2008 Aceria tenuifolii Manson, 1984 Aceria titirangiensis Lamb 1953 Aceria tosichella Keifer, 1969 Aceria tulipae Keifer, 1938 Aceria victoriae Ramsay, 1958 Aceria waltheri Keifer, 1939 Aceria virosae Huang, 2008 Aceria yushania K. Huang, 2001 Aceria zoysima Manson, 1989
References
^ Huang, K. (2008). "Aceria (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) in Taiwan: five new species and plant abnormalities caused by sixteen species" (PDF excerpt) . Zootaxa 1829 : 1– 30. ^ Magud, Biljana D; Stanisavljević, Ljubiša Ž; Petanović, Radmila U (2017). "Morphological variation in different populations of Aceria anthocoptes (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with the Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense , in Serbia". Experimental and Applied Acarology . 42 (3): 173– 183. doi :10.1007/s10493-007-9085-y . ISSN 1572-9702 . PMID 17611806 . ^ Ripka, Géza; Sánchez, Iñigo (March 2017). "A new Aceria species (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Spain on Pycnocomon rutifolium (Dipsacaceae) and supplementary descriptions of Aceria eucricotes and A. kuko from Lycium spp. (Solanaceae)". Zootaxa . 4244 (2): 195. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4244.2.2 . ^ Vidovic, B. (2011). A new Aceria species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Echinops ritro L. subsp. ruthenicus (M.Bieb.) Nyman (Asteraceae) from Serbia and a supplement to the original description of Aceria brevicincta (Nalepa 1898). Zootaxa 2796, 56–66.
External links
Aceria at WikispeciesAceria at Wikimedia Commons
