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Abacarus acutatus Sukhareva 1985

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Abacarus acutatus Sukhareva 1985

Type host and locality. Calamagrostis epigeios (L.) Roth. (Poaceae), Russia, Primorskiy kraj, Partizansk. Distribution. England (recorded here), Hungary (Skoracka 2005), Poland (Skoracka et al. 2005) and Russia (op. cit.).

Relation to host. Vagrant between the leaf sheaths encircling the stem and causing no apparent damage. Collection details. England, North Yorkshire, York, Sand Hutton (54° 0ʹ 56.52ʺ N, 0° 58ʹ 9.48ʺ W), low numbers on C. epigeios, collected by the author, 15.ix.2009.

Notes

Published as part of Pye, Daniel R. L., 2012, New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) in Britain: one new genus, four new species, 19 new records and two incursions, pp. 43-68 in Zootaxa 3578 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.208898

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Sukhareva
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Prostigmata
Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Abacarus
Species
acutatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Abacarus acutatus Sukhareva, 1985 sec. Pye, 2012

References

  • Sukhareva, S. I. (1985) New species of mites (Acarina: Tetrapodili) on grasses from Primorskij Kraj. (Maritime Territory)]. Entomologiceskoje Obozrenie (Polish) 64 (1), 227 - 234. Entomological Review (English translation), 64 (2), 166 - 173.