| Aculops | |
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| ๐ Willow gall mite (Aculops tetanothrix) on arroyo willow (Salix lasiolepis) Cache creek, Bear valley, CA | |
| Willow gall mite (Aculops tetanothrix) on arroyo willow (Salix lasiolepis) Cache Creek, Bear Valley, CA | |
| Scientific classification ๐ Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Family: | Eriophyidae |
| Genus: | Keifer, 1966 |
| Species | |
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Around 200 species see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aculops is a genus of parasitic plant mites in the family Eriophyidae.
Some species, such as Aculops lycopersici, are prolific crop and ornamental pests.[citation needed] Aculops ailanthii is being considered as biocontrol for the extremely[specify] invasive Ailanthus altissima in North America.[1]
Very little is known about the genus, with new species frequently being discovered[when?], such as in New Zealand.[2]
Selected species
[edit]- Aculops ailanthii (Lin-Fuping, Jin-Changle & Kuang-Haiyua, 1997) - ailanthus leafcurl mite
- Aculops cannabicola (Farkas, 1960) โ hemp russet mite
- Aculops fuchsiae (Keifer, 1972) โ fuchsia gall mite
- Aculops lycopersici (Massee, 1937) โ tomato russet mite
- Aculops rhois (Stebbins, 1909) - poison ivy gall mite
- Aculops tetanothrix (Nalepa, 1889) โ willow gall mite
References
[edit]- ^ Gardner, Richard Thomas (11 July 2008). Native and Indigenous Biocontrols for Ailanthus altissima (Thesis).
- ^ Han, Xiao; Zhang, ZHI-Qiang (2019). "A new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites from New Zealand Coprosma (Rubiaceae)". Zootaxa. 4550 (1): 101โ114. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.4. PMID 30790878. S2CID 73484479.
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