Colored SEM of Aceria anthocoptes (rust mite) White bar is 30 µm.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Family:
Eriophyidae
Genus:
Aceria Keifer, 1944
Species
900+, see text
Aceria is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls.[1] A few are economically significant pests, while others are useful as agents of biological pest control of invasive plants such as rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), and field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
There are over 900 species in the genus.[2])
In 2017, a new species, Aceria pycnocomi was found on Pycnocomon rutifolium in Spain.[3]
Oregano (Origanum vulgare) afflicted by Aceria labiatifloraeAceria fraxiniAceria nervisequa damage
^Huang, K. (2008). "Aceria (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) in Taiwan: five new species and plant abnormalities caused by sixteen species" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 1829: 1–30.
^Magud, Biljana D; Stanisavljević, Ljubiša Ž; Petanović, Radmila U (2017). "Morphological variation in different populations of Aceria anthocoptes (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with the Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense, in Serbia". Experimental and Applied Acarology. 42 (3): 173–183. doi:10.1007/s10493-007-9085-y. ISSN 1572-9702. PMID 17611806.
^Ripka, Géza; Sánchez, Iñigo (March 2017). "A new Aceria species (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Spain on Pycnocomon rutifolium (Dipsacaceae) and supplementary descriptions of Aceria eucricotes and A. kuko from Lycium spp. (Solanaceae)". Zootaxa. 4244 (2): 195. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4244.2.2.
N. "Aceria erinea (Nalepa, 1891)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 6 July 2019. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aceria erinea. Aceria erinea...
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