Acalitus Explained

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]

• Acalitus acanthus Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus accolus Flechtmann, Amrine & Stasny, 1995
• Acalitus acnistii (Keifer, 1953)
• Acalitus aethiopicus Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus amicorum Flechtmann in Flechtmann, Kreiter, Etienne & Moraes, 2000
• Acalitus amydros Flechtmann & Etienne, 2001
• Acalitus ancyrivalis Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus anthonii Keifer, 1972
• Acalitus australis (Lamb, 1952)
• Acalitus avicenniae (Lamb, 1952)
• Acalitus batissimus Wilson, 1970
• Acalitus bosquieae (Farkas, 1961)
• Acalitus brevitarsus (Fockeu, 1890)
• Acalitus calycophthirus (Nalepa, 1891)
• Acalitus capparidis Flechtmann in Flechtmann, Kreiter, Etienne & Moraes, 2000
• Acalitus carbonis Navia & Flechtmann, 1998
• Acalitus carpatus Manson, 1984
• Acalitus chimanemanus Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus comptus Flechtmann in Flechtmann, Kreiter, Etienne & Moraes, 2000
• Acalitus cotoneastri (Nalepa, 1926)
• Acalitus cottieri (Lamb, 1952)
• Acalitus crotoni Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus dissimus Manson, 1984
• Acalitus epiphytivagrans Mohanasundaram, 1983
• Acalitus essigi (Hassan, 1928)
• Acalitus excelsus Manson, 1984
• Acalitus gilae Keifer, 1970
• Acalitus gossypii (Banks, 1904)
• Acalitus granulatus Flechtmann & Etienne, 2000
• Acalitus gratissimae Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus hassani Keifer, 1973
• Acalitus heliopsis Keifer, 1975
• Acalitus hereroensei Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus hibisci Mondal & Chakrabarti, 1982
• Acalitus intertextus Manson, 1984
• Acalitus inulaefolii Keifer, 1970
• Acalitus ipomocarneae Keifer, 1977
• Acalitus khorixanus Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus kohus Manson, 1984
• Acalitus ledi Keifer, 1965
• Acalitus longisetosus (Nalepa, 1892)
• Acalitus lowei Manson, 1971
• Acalitus lycioides Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus macrosetosus Flechtmann & Etienne, 2003
• Acalitus malelanus Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus mallyi (Tucker, 1926)
• Acalitus malpighiae Keifer, 1977
• Acalitus maracai (Boczek & Nuzzaci, 1988)
• Acalitus marinae Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus meliosmae Mohanasundaram, 1981
• Acalitus mikaniae Keifer, 1974
• Acalitus morrisoni Manson, 1970
• Acalitus notolius (Nalepa, 1919)
• Acalitus odoratus Keifer, 1970
• Acalitus orthomerus (Keifer, 1951)
• Acalitus osmius (Cromroy, 1958)
• Acalitus persicae Luo & Jiang, 1988
• Acalitus phloeocoptes (Nalepa, 1890)
• Acalitus phoradendronis Keifer, 1972
• Acalitus phyllereus (Nalepa, 1919)
• Acalitus plicans (Nalepa, 1917)
• Acalitus prunispinosae (Nalepa, 1926)
• Acalitus pundamariae Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus purpurascensis (Cromroy, 1958)
• Acalitus rapaneae Keifer, 1977
• Acalitus reticulatae Mohanasundaram, 1981
• Acalitus rubensis Manson, 1970
• Acalitus rudis (G. Canestrini, 1891)
• Acalitus ruelliae (Channabasavanna, 1966)
• Acalitus sageretiae Kuang, 1987
• Acalitus salvadorae Keifer, 1974
• Acalitus santaluciae Keifer, 1966
• Acalitus santibanezi Garcia-Valencia & Hoffmann, 1997
• Acalitus schefflerae Mohanasundaram, 1981
• Acalitus simplex Flechtmann & Etienne, 2002
• Acalitus sogerctiae Kuang-Haiyua, 1987
• Acalitus spinus Manson, 1984
• Acalitus stenaspis (Nalepa, 1891)
• Acalitus stereothrix (Nalepa, 1914)
• Acalitus tanisetus Flechtmann, 1999
• Acalitus tanylobus Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus taurangensis (Manson, 1965)
• Acalitus ueckermanni Smith-Meyer, 1990
• Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer, 1939)

References

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2. Craemer. Charnie. 2018-07-24. Denise Navia. First record, current status, symptoms, infested cultivars and potential impact of the blueberry bud mite, Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer) (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) in South Africa. Acarologia . 58 . 3 . 735–745 . en. 10.24349/ACAROLOGIA/20184267. 92106162 . free.
3. Web site: Eryiophyidae Nalepa, 1898 . Biology Catalog . Joel Hallan . . February 23, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023021305/http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/acari/Eriophyidae.txt . October 23, 2012 .