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Aculus cytisi Labanowski

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Description

Aculus cytisi Labanowski, in Soika & Labanowski 2000

Type host and locality. Cytisus × praecox (Fabaceae), 'Hollandia' Bean, Poland.

Distribution. England (recorded here) and Poland (op. cit.).

Relation to the host. Vagrant on the foliage, causing no apparent damage.

Collection details. England, North Yorkshire, Nunnington (54° 12ʹ 16.2ʺ N, 0° 58ʹ 51.6ʺ W), high numbers on Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link, collected by R. Hammon, 26.vi.2009.

Additional remarks. Cytisus scoparius is a new host record for this species.

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 49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.208898

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Labanowski
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Prostigmata
Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Aculus
Species
cytisi
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Soika, G. & Labanowski, G. S. (2000) Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on ornamental plants in Poland. Fabaceae family: descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Science, 48 (2), 157 - 167.