Acalitus is a genus of mites in the family Eriophyidae. These cosmopolitan, microscopic arthropods form galls on various plants, and some species such as Acalitus essigi[1] and Acalitus vaccinii[2] are pests of agricultural significance associated with berry crops. This genus includes the following species:[3]
^Law, Hui Meng; Allen, Geoff R.; Davies, Jamie T.; Corkrey, Ross; Buntain, Michele; Quarrell, Stephen R. (2020-06-04). "Sampling, extraction and incidence of redberry mites (Acalitus essigi) on blackberries in Australia". Experimental and Applied Acarology. 81 (3): 317–334. doi:10.1007/s10493-020-00509-y. ISSN 0168-8162. PMID 32500392. S2CID 219281640.
^Craemer, Charnie (2018-07-24). "First record, current status, symptoms, infested cultivars and potential impact of the blueberry bud mite, Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer) (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) in South Africa" (PDF). Acarologia. 58 (3). Denise Navia: 735–745. doi:10.24349/ACAROLOGIA/20184267. S2CID 92106162.
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Acalitus essigi, the redberry mite, is an eriophyid mite which is a serious pest of commercially produced blackberries in the United States. The redberry...
inquiline of Acalitus calycophthirus, as well as an inquiline of Aceria tenella on hornbeam and Phytoptus avellanae on hazel. "Acalitus calycophthirus...
1895". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 11 February 2021. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acalitus stenaspis. Acalitus stenaspis In: DrfpLib...
Retrieved 1 November 2019. "Acalitus brevitarsus (Fockeu, 1890)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 1 November 2019. Media related to Acalitus brevitarsus at Wikimedia...
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parasites are species of the gall mites (Eriophyidae, e.g. the redberry mite Acalitus essigi), Tarsonemidae (e.g. the cyclamen mite, Steneotarsonemus pallidus)...
Encyclopedia of Life, additional species that interact karau are Acalitus, Acalitus cottieri, Eriophyid mites, European greenfinch, and goldfinches. Karamū...
due to the grubs' and adults' destructiveness. The Plum Bud Gall Mite (Acalitus phloeocoptes (Nalepa)) was first confirmed here in Santa Clara County in...
twigs are prone to being populated by spittlebugs. The boat-shaped leaves Acalitus mite galls on leaves Flowers Fruit "Vangueria infausta". Germplasm Resources...
Chapalania cifuentesi within the family Laelapidae and a new eriophyid mite Acalitus santibanezi. In 1974 Hoffmann was given honorary membership of the Veterinary...