Hitchhiking or hang gliding? Dispersal strategies of two cereal-feeding eriophyoid mite species

AbstractDispersal shapes the dynamics of populations, their genetic structure and species distribution; therefore, knowledge of an organisms’ dispersal abilities is crucial, especially in economically important and invasive species. In this study, we investigated dispersal strategies of two phytophagous eriophyoid mite species: Aceria tosichella (wheat curl mite, WCM) and Abacarus hystrix (cereal rust mite, CRM). Both species are obligatory plant parasites that infest cereals and are of economic significance. We investigated their dispersal success using different dispersal agents: wind and vectors. We hypothesised that in both mite species the main mode of dispersal is moving via wind, whereas phoretic dispersal is rather accidental, as the majority of eriophyoid mite species do not possess clear morphological or behavioural adaptations for phoresy. Results confirmed our predictions that both species dispersed mainly with wind currents. Additionally, WCM was found to have a higher dispersal success than CRM. Thus, this study contributes to our understanding of the high invasive potential of WCM.

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Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) of Latvia: an annotated checklist

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4629.2.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4629 (2) ◽

pp. 211-236

Author(s):

ARTURS STALAŽS ◽

INĀRA TURKA

Keyword(s):

Woody Plants ◽

Mite Species ◽

Herbaceous Plants ◽

Economic Significance ◽

Major Revision ◽

Eriophyoid Mites ◽

Annotated Checklist ◽

Eriophyoid Mite ◽

Damage Symptoms

A bibliographical checklist of eriophyoid mites reported from Latvia is compiled. To date, 67 eriophyoid mite species associated with more than 29 plant genera have been recorded from Latvia. Many eriophyoid mite species previously reported in the literature were based on damage symptoms only rather than mite morphology. Some species records did not involve collecting and identifying actual specimens. To date, the majority of eriophyoid species documented from Latvia are associated with ornamental and wild woody plants with low commercial significance. Only damage caused by several Cecidophyopsis species, the pests of blackcurrants and redcurrants, is considered to be of economic significance, although in recent years Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart) has become a problem in plum orchards. Eriophyoid mites inhabiting herbaceous plants in Latvia have been poorly studied as only five species have been described. The present study shows that major revision is necessary for many of the eriophyoid mite species previously recorded.

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Unexpected Effects of Local Management and Landscape Composition on Predatory Mites and Their Food Resources in Vineyards

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects12020180 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 180

Author(s):

Stefan Möth ◽

Andreas Walzer ◽

Markus Redl ◽

Božana Petrović ◽

Christoph Hoffmann ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pest Control ◽

Predatory Mites ◽

Mite Species ◽

Landscape Composition ◽

Pesticide Use ◽

Biological Pest Control ◽

Phytophagous Mites ◽

Spontaneous Vegetation ◽

Important Food Source ◽

Eriophyoid Mite

Viticultural practices and landscape composition are the main drivers influencing biological pest control in vineyards. Predatory mites, mainly phytoseiid (Phytoseiidae) and tydeoid mites (Tydeidae), are important to control phytophagous mites (Tetranychidae and Eriophyidae) on vines. In the absence of arthropod prey, pollen is an important food source for predatory mites. In 32 paired vineyards located in Burgenland/Austria, we examined the effect of landscape composition, management type (organic/integrated), pesticide use, and cover crop diversity of the inter-row on the densities of phytoseiid, tydeoid, and phytophagous mites. In addition, we sampled pollen on vine leaves. Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten was the main phytoseiid mite species and Tydeus goetzi Schruft the main tydeoid species. Interestingly, the area-related acute pesticide toxicity loading was higher in organic than in integrated vineyards. The densities of phytoseiid and tydeoid mites was higher in integrated vineyards and in vineyards with spontaneous vegetation. Their population also profited from an increased viticultural area at the landscape scale. Eriophyoid mite densities were extremely low across all vineyards and spider mites were absent. Biological pest control of phytophagous mites benefits from less intensive pesticide use and spontaneous vegetation cover in vineyard inter-rows, which should be considered in agri-environmental schemes.

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Five new eriophyoid mite species associated with plum orchards, Prunus domestica L. and five new records of the superfamily Eriophyoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Hamedan Province, Iran

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.26.8.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Soheila Jafari ◽

Mohammad Khanjani

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

Mite Species ◽

Prunus Domestica ◽

Eriophyoid Mites ◽

Northwestern Iran ◽

Hamedan Province ◽

Eriophyoid Mite

Eriophyoid mites from plum trees (Prunus domestica L.) in Hamadan Province, northwestern Iran, were collected during a survey in 2018–2020. Altogether 12 species, belonging to eight genera and two families, are reported herein. Five species are new to science and five species are new records for Hamadan province of Iran. The collected mites according to their families, genera and species are as follows: family Diptilomiopidae: Quadracus reticulatus sp. nov., Rhinophytoptus nemalobos Lotfollahi & de Lillo, 2014, Diptacus hamedanicus Jafari & Khanjani, 2020, Diptacus gigantorhynchus (Nalepa, 1892); family Eriophyidae: Acalitus iranicus sp. nov. causes small irregular galls around of buds, Aculus flechtmanni sp. nov., Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart, 1891), Eriophyes prunorum sp. nov. causes blisters on leaf surface, Eriophyes savagei Keifer, 1939 causes leaf nail galls, Phyllocoptes hamedi sp. nov., Phyllocoptes abaenus Keifer, 1940, and Tetra pruni Jafari, Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2020.

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A new species of Aculops (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) from Serbia on Dipsacus laciniatus L. (Dipsacaceae), a weed target of classical biological control in the United States of America

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3192.1.5 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3192 (1) ◽

pp. 59 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

BRIAN RECTOR ◽

RADMILA U. PETANOVIĆ

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

United States Of America ◽

Control Program ◽

Classical Biological Control ◽

The United States ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Mite Species ◽

The Family ◽

Eriophyoid Mite ◽

A New Species

A new eriophyoid mite species, Aculops orlovacae n. sp. (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) collected from Dipsacus laciniatus L. (Dipsacaceae) in northern Serbia, is described and illustrated, including digital micrographs depicting key morphological characters. Differential diagnosis is provided in comparison with Aculops salixis Xue, Song et Hong, Aculops rhodensis (Keifer), Aculops hussongi Keifer and Aculops oblongus (Nalepa). This is the first eriophyoid mite species in the genus Aculops described from a host plant in the family Dipsacaceae and it is only the second eriophyoid known from a host species in the genus Dipsacus L. This mite was found during surveys for natural enemies of Dipsacus spp., as part of a classical biological control program.

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Two new eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) on Euphorbia spp. (Euphorbiaceae) from Iran

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3556.1.3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3556 (1) ◽

pp. 55 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

PARISA LOTFOLLAHI ◽

KARIM HADDAD IRANI-NEJAD ◽

MOHAMAD KHANJANI ◽

MOHAMAD MOGHADAM ◽

ENRICO DE LILLO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Mite Species ◽

Eriophyoid Mites ◽

Two New Species ◽

Eriophyoid Mite ◽

Damage Symptoms

Eriophyoid mites infesting spurges (Euphorbiaceae) were surveyed in Kandovan and Govgan, southwest of East Azerbai-jan Province in Iran, during 2010 and 2011. Two new species are described and illustrated: Aculops seguieranae n. sp.from Euphorbia seguierana Necker and Euphorbia cheiradenia Boiss. et Hohen, and Aceria cheiradeniae n. sp. from E. cheiradenia. No damage symptoms were observed.

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Phylogeographic patterns of intertidal arthropods (Acari, Oribatida) from southern Japanese islands reflect paleoclimatic events

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-019-55270-z ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tobias Pfingstl ◽

Maximilian Wagner ◽

Shimpei F. Hiruta ◽

Stephan Koblmüller ◽

Wataru Hagino ◽

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Keyword(s):

Okinawa Trough ◽

Molecular Genetic ◽

Mite Species ◽

Ryukyu Islands ◽

Island Populations ◽

The Okinawa Trough ◽

The Ryukyu Islands ◽

Tokara Strait ◽

Dispersal Abilities ◽

Japanese Islands

AbstractThe Japanese islands represent one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. Their geological history and present geography resulted in a high number of endemic species in nearly all major metazoan clades. We investigated the phylogeography of three different intertidal mite species from the Ryukyu islands and southern mainland by means of morphometry and molecular genetics. None of the species represents an endemic, nearly all show distributions ranging over at least the southern and central Ryukyus. Two species, Fortuynia shibai and F. churaumi sp. n. clearly represent sister species that are derived from a common Eastern ancestor. Molecular genetic results indicate that these species separated approx. 3 Ma before the opening of the Okinawa trough, whereas F. shibai most likely showed an ancestral distribution stretching from the central Ryukyus across the Tokara strait to Japanese mainland, whereas F. churaumi probably evolved somewhere south of the Tokara strait. Phylogenetic data further indicates that long periods of isolation resulted in heterogeneous genetic structure but subsequent low sea level stands during Pleistocene allowed recent expansion and gene flow between island populations. Comparing these patterns with those of other animals, these tiny wingless mites apparently show better dispersal abilities than partially volant terrestrial organism groups.

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A new eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Picea abies (Pinaceae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1304.1.5 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1304 (1) ◽

pp. 61 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

MARIUSZ LEWANDOWSKI

Keyword(s):

Picea Abies ◽

Mite Species ◽

Eriophyoid Mite

A new eriophyoid species, Calepitrimerus lutocinus n. sp., a vagrant on Picea abies in Poland, is described. It is the first Calepitrimerus species reported from Picea plants.

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A new species of eriophyoid mite (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) on Leucadendron argenteum (L.) R. Br. from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3085.1.5 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3085 (1) ◽

pp. 63

Author(s):

DANIEL R. L. PYE

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

United Kingdom ◽

New Species ◽

Plant Material ◽

Mite Species ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Eriophyoid Mites ◽

Eriophyoid Mite ◽

A New Species

A new vagrant eriophyoid mite species, collected from plant material imported into the United Kingdom, is described and illustrated: Aceria argentae n. sp. found on Leucadendron argenteum (L.) R. Br. (Proteaceae) from South Africa. A review of the eriophyoid mite species known from plants in the Proteaceae is also provided and recent findings of non-native eriophyoid mites in the United Kingdom are discussed.

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Descriptions of five new eriophyoid mite species of the Diptilomiopidae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) from Zhejiang Province, China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.6 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4020 (2) ◽

pp. 335

Author(s):

SHAHJAHAN RAJPUT ◽

HAO-SEN LI ◽

XIAO-FENG XUE ◽

XIAO-YUE HONG

Keyword(s):

Mite Species ◽

Zhejiang Province ◽

Eriophyoid Mite

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Nine new eriophyoid mite species from the genus Diptilomiopus (Acari: Diptilomiopidae)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.24.7.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (7) ◽

pp. 1177-1224

Author(s):

Qing Liu ◽

Yan-Mei Yuan ◽

Xiao-Feng Xue

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Surface ◽

Mite Species ◽

Lower Leaf Surface ◽

Ilex Rotunda ◽

Eriophyoid Mite

Nine new eriophyoid mite species of the genus Diptilomiopus (Acari: Diptilomiopidae) from China and Malaysia are described and illustrated. They are D. broussonetus sp. nov. on Broussonetia sp. (Moraceae), D. callicarpus sp. nov. on Callicarpa bodinieri (Lamiaceae), D. fortunus sp. nov. on Alniphyllum fortunei (Styracaceae), D. keningaus sp. nov. on Stephania sp. (Menispermaceae), D. milletus sp. nov. on Adinandra milletii (Pentaphylacaceae), D. nobilus sp. nov. on Sterculia nobilis (Malvaceae), D. octandrus sp. nov. on Aporosa octandra (Phyllanthaceae), D. rotundus sp. nov. on Ilex rotunda (Aquifoliaceae), and D. sabahus sp. nov. on Morus sp. (Moraceae). All new species are vagrant on lower leaf surface. No damage to the host was observed.

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