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A New Species and Record of Aceria (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) on Weeds from Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Acari
Morphology
Prostigmata
Taxonomy

Abstract

Eriophyoids are of great economic importance as pests of weeds, particularly in causing sometimes deformities such as bud galls, stunting, rusting, bronzing, leaf rolling, erineum, blisters, galls, coating, damaged seeds and mosaic virus disease. During the survey of eriophyoid mite fauna from Qualyubia, Cairo and Gharbia governorates in Egypt from 2014 to 2018. One new species and one new record of the genus Aceria from weeds are described and illustrated. Aceria lividus sp. nov., was collected from Amaranthus lividus L. (Amaranthaceae), vagrant on buds and flowers causing stunt and deformation. This species is the first record of eriophyoid mite from the family Amaranthaceae from Egypt. A supplementary description of the first record of Aceria malherbae Nuzzaci, 1985 infested Convolvulus arvensis L. (Convolvulaceae) in Egypt based on females, males and immature. This mite found on upper leaf surface alongside the midrib, causes leaf folding, deformation of flowers and plants and prevent plant reproduction. The two Aceria species indicate that is a promising candidate for the biological control of C. lividus and C. arvensis.

DOI

10.21608/ajesa.2008.164283

Keywords

Eriophyidae, Aceria, Amaranthus lividus, Convolvulus arvensis, weeds, Taxonomy

Authors

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Elhalawany

MiddleName

Said

Affiliation

Fruit Trees Mites Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Email

dr_ashraf_said@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0001-5195-3942

First Name

K.

Last Name

El-Sayed

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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City

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Orcid

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Amer

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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Orcid

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Volume

12

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

814

Issue Date

2018-12-01

Receive Date

2021-04-15

Publish Date

2018-12-01

Page Start

17

Page End

26

Print ISSN

1687-4633

Online ISSN

2090-3790

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https://ajesa.journals.ekb.eg/article_164283.html

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https://ajesa.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=164283

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Original research articles

Type Code

28

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology

Publication Link

https://ajesa.journals.ekb.eg/

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A New Species and Record of Aceria (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) on Weeds from Egypt

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Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023