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 | |
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| Acalitus mallyi galls on Vangueria infausta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Family: | Eriophyidae |
| Genus: | Acalitus Keifer, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| Acalitus ledi Keifer, 1965
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- 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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Joel Hallan. "Eryiophyidae Nalepa, 1898". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
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