Published October 8, 2009 | Version v1
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Aculops pelekassi

Description

Aculops pelekassi (Keifer, 1959)

Aculus pelekassi Keifer, 1959: 6–7, 8.

Aculops pelekassi; Jepposn et al, 1975: 509–511.

Aculops pelekassi; Keifer & Knorr, 1978: 15.

Aculops pelekassi; Amrine & Stasny, 1994: 109.

Aculops pelekassi; Baker et al., 1996: 112.

Aculops pelekassi; Song et al., 2008: 34–35.

Host. Citrus sp., C. unshiu, Zanthoxylum bungeanu (Rutaceae).

Habit. Rust, leaf distortion, mesophyll collapse, and leaf drop.

Distribution. Thailand, Greece (Preveza), China (Gansu), Japan, Italy (Sicily), Malta, Ukraine, Montenegro, USA (Florida).

Remarks. This is a widely distributed species in citrus orchards. Many papers on its biology and control have been published; they are not listed here.

Notes

Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 2257 on page 81

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Aculops
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Keifer
Species
pelekassi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aculops pelekassi (Keifer, 1959) sec. Xue & Zhang, 2009

References

  • Keifer, H. H. (1959) Eriophyid Studies XXVII. Occasional Papers 1. California Department of Agriculture, 18 pp.
  • Keifer, H. H. & Knorr, L. C. (1978) Eriophyid mites of Thailand. Plant Protection Service Technical Bulletin, 38. Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture and Co-Operatives Bangkok, Thailand & UNDP / FAO THA, 33 pp.
  • Amrine, J. W. Jr. & Stasny, T. A. (1994) Catalog of the Eriophyoidea (Acarina: Prostigmata) of the world. Indira Publishing House, Michigan, U. S. A., 798 pp.
  • Baker, E. W., Kono, T., Amrine, J. W. Jr., Delfinabo-Baker, M. & Stasny, T. A. (1996) Eriophyoid mites of the United States. Indira Publishing House, Michigan, U. S. A., 394 pp.
  • Song, Z. - W., Xue, X. - F. & Hong, X. - Y. (2008) Eriophyoid mite fauna (Acari: Eriophyoidea) of Gansu Province, northwestern China with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa, 1756, 1 - 48.