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Metaculus mangiferae

Description

Metaculus mangiferae (Attiah, 1955)

Vasates mangiferae Attiah, 1955: 379–383.

Metaculus mangiferae; Keifer & Knorr, 1978: 18.

Vasates mangiferae; Abou-Awad, 1980: 391.

Metaculus mangiferae; Abou-Awad, 1981a: 151–155.

Metaculus mangiferae; Meyer, 1990b: 563, 566.

Metaculus mangiferae; Amrine & Stasny, 1994: 225–226.

Host. Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae).

Habit. Rust, bud deformation.

Distribution. Thailand (Bangkok), Egypt, Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2009, 2257, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 2257 on pages 84-85

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Attiah
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Metaculus
Species
mangiferae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Metaculus mangiferae (Attiah, 1955) sec. Xue & Zhang, 2009

References

  • Attiah, H. (1955) A new eriophyid mite on mango from Egypt. Bulletin Societe Entomologique Egypte, 39, 379 - 383.
  • 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.
  • Abou-Awad, B. A. (1980) New species of genus Vasates in Egypt (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae). Acarologia, 21, 389 - 391.
  • Abou-Awad, B. A. (1981 a) Bionomic of the mango rust mite Metaculus mangiferae (Attiah) with description of immature stages (Eriophyoidea, Eriophyidae). Acarologia, 22, 151 - 155.
  • Meyer, M. K. P. S. (1990 b) On the African species of Anthocoptes Nalepa and Metaculus Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae). Journal of African Zoology, 104, 558 - 572.
  • 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.