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Acalitus plicans

Description

Acalitus plicans (Nalepa, 1917)

Type data. Fagus sylvatica L. (Fagaceae); Austria

Host plant records from Latvia. Fagus sylvatica L. (Fagaceae).

Relation to plant host. Gall-making, erineum (Rupais 1999).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Acalitus plicans — Rupais et al. 2014; Eriophyes plicans — Rupais 1964; Shevchenko & Rupais 1964; Bērziņš 1970b; Rupais 1976 a, 1976b; Rupais & Kalniņa 1979; Rupais 1981, 1999; Plīse 2007.

Distribution in Latvia. Frequently abundant (Rupais 1976b; Rupais & Kalniņa 1979).

Acalitus rudis (Canestrini, 1890)

Type data. Betula nana L. (Betulaceae); Italy.

Host plant records from Latvia. Betula pendula Roth., Betula pubescens Ehrh. (Betulaceae).

Relation to plant host. Gall-making, reddish erineum on under leaf surface, vagrant (Hellrigl 2003; Skoracka et al. 2005).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Acalitus rudis — Rupais et al. 2014; Aceria rudis — Shevchenko & Rupais 1964; Rupais 1976 a, 1976b, 1999; Plīse 2007; Eriophyes rudis — Eglītis 1956, 1957.

Distribution in Latvia. Frequently abundant according to Rupais (1976 a, 1976b).

Acalitus stenaspis (Nalepa, 1891)

Type data. Fagus sylvatica L. (Fagaceae); Austria.

Host plant records from Latvia. Fagus sylvatica L. (Fagaceae).

Relation to plant host. Gall-making, vagrant (Rupais 1999; Skoracka et al. 2005).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Acalitus stenaspis — Rupais et al. 2014; Aceria stenaspis — Rupais 1976 a, 1976b; Eriophyes stenaspis — Eglītis 1956; Rupais 1959c, 1960b, 1962, 1964; Shevchenko & Rupais 1964; Bērziņš 1970b; Rupais 1981, 1999; Plīse 2007.

Distribution in Latvia. Rupais (1999) reported this species as rare.

Notes

Published as part of Stalažs, Arturs & Turka, Ināra, 2019, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) of Latvia: an annotated checklist, pp. 211-236 in Zootaxa 4629 (2) on pages 218-219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3269093

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Nalepa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Prostigmata
Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Acalitus
Species
plicans
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Acalitus plicans (Nalepa, 1917) sec. Stalažs & Turka, 2019

References

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  • Rupais, A., Stalazs, A. & Strelcuns, R. (2014) Kokaugu kaiteklu noteicejs pec bojajumiem augldarzos un apstadijumos. Scripta Letonica, 1 (1), 5 - 221.
  • Rupais, A. (1964) Dekorativajiem kokaugiem kaitigas pangerces. Daildarznieciba, 5, 283 - 291. [in Latvian]
  • Shevchenko, V. G. and Rupais A. A. (1964) Cetyrehnogie klesi (Acarina, Eriophyidae) - vrediteli parkovyh nasazdenij Latvii. Fauna Latvijskoj SSR i Sopredel'nyh Territorij, 4, 203 - 239. [in Russian]
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