A New Species, New Synonymy and a New Record of Eriophyoid Mites (Acari: Eriophyidae), From Egypt | ||
| Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||
| Article 2, Volume 12, Issue 1, December 2018, Pages 7-16 PDF (1.57 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2008.164281 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ashraf Said Elhalawany | ||
| Fruit Trees Mites Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A new eriophyoid mite species, Heterotergum zaheri sp. nov. from Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf (Rhamnaceae) is described and illustrated. This mite is vagrant in the tender apical shoots (between hairs) and on the lower surface of young leaves. It causes no apparent damage. In addition, a supplementary description of Vittacus bougainvilleae (Keifer, 1959) comb. nov. (transferred from Phyllocoptes), is provided; it is recorded for the first time in Egypt, infesting Bougainvillea glabra Choisy (Nyctaginaceae). Moreover, Aculops guajavae Abou-Awad, Al-Azzazy & Afia, 2016, which causes rust on terminal leaves of Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae), is set as a junior synonym of Tegolophus guavae (Boczek, 1960) and redescribed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Eriophyidae; Heterotergum; Vittacus; Bougainvillea; Ziziphus; Guava; taxonomy | ||
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