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Description of Acaralox latifolia n. sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) on water bamboo from Taiwan

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Water bamboo, Zizania latifolia (Griseb.), Poaceae, is the major crop in Puli Township, Taiwan. Following some unknown mite infestations causing leaf curling symptoms first observed in 2018, water bamboos experienced a dramatic crop yield. Our morphological evaluation revealed their infestation with a new species of eriophyoid mite, Acaralox latifolia n. sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea). Here, we described and illustrated this new species and provided its scanning electronic micrographs and DNA sequences of COI and ITS regions. This is the first record of the genus Acaralox from Taiwan.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.2.8

Authors: KUN-WEI HUANG, SHU-CHEN CHANG, TZAY-TIEN HSIEH, HSUAN SHENTU

Institutions: National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute

Language: English

Topic: Study of Mite Species

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4309092802

FWCI: 0.224

Cites: 1

Cited by: 1

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