Aceria litchii (Keifer, 1943)

Huang, Kun-Wei, 2008, Aceria (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) in Taiwan: five new species and plant abnormalities caused by sixteen species, Zootaxa 1829, pp. 1-30 : 8-9

Aceria litchii (Keifer, 1943) (Photos 2, 3)

Eriophyes litchi Keifer, 1943: 212 , pl. 171

Aceria litchii Keifer, 1982: 116 , pl. 151; T. Huang, 1974: 79, fig. 2

Female: (n=8) Body worm-like, 171 long, prodorsal shield 25 long, 40 wide, prodorsal shield design with median, admedian lines and submedian lines complete, median line arrow-like at base, granules at lateral sides, scapular tubercles set at prodorsal shield rear margin, setae (sc) 24 long, directed backward, sct-sct 22 apart; leg segments normal, foretibial seta (1') set at basal one-third, 5 long; 1st coxal setae (1b) 6 long, 1bt- 1bt 8 apart, 2nd coxal setae (1a) 12 long, 1at-1at 9 apart, 3rd coxal setae (2a) 26 long, 2at-2at 22 apart; solenidion ending as a knob; empodium simple, 5 rayed.

PHOTO 2. Erinea on lower leaf surface of Litchi chinensis caused by Aceria litchii Keifer, 1982 .

Opisthosoma: with about 70 microtuberculate rings; first 3 rings 6 long; lateral setae (c2) 12 long, c2t-c 2t 42 apart, c 2t \dt 46, c2t-dt 28; 1st ventral setae (d) 32 long, dt-dt 37 apart, dt\et 63, dt-et 33; 2nd ventral setae (e) 7 long, et-et 24 apart, et\ft 49, et-ft 42; 3rd ventral setae (f) 17 long, ft-ft 16 apart; setae h1 present.

Coverflap: 22 wide, 13 long, with about 13 longitudinal ridges, genital setae 7 long, 3at -3at 17 apart. Male: not seen.

Specimens examined: 8 females, Dakan, Taichung, 29-Dec.-2003, K.W. Huang; ex. Litchi chinensis Sonn, Lychee , and Dimocarpus longan Lour., Longan.(Sapindaceae) .

PHOTO 3. Erinea on Dimocarpus longana caused by Aceria litchii Keifer, 1982 , lower surface.