Acalitus intertexus Manson, 1984

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Acalitus intertexus Manson, 1984

Acalitus intertexus Manson, 1984b: 13–14 .

Material examined. 32 females, from Coprosma lucida (Rubiaceae) , Opanuku pipeline track, Waitakere Range, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 September 1999, coll. N.A. Martin; 3 females, from Coprosma rotundifolia (Rubiaceae) , Bethunes Gully, Dunedin, New Zealand, 12 December 2007, coll. D. O’Connell. Specimens deposited in NZAC.

Additional Coprosma lucida plants with leaf domatia galls were found and deposited in NZAC by N.A. Martin: Okura Walkway, North East Auckland, New Zealand, 16 December 2000 ; Opanuku Pipeline Track, Waitakere Ranges, Auckland, New Zealand, 22 June 1997 ; Hinewai Reserve , Banks Peninsula, Mid-Canterbury, New Zealand, 21 August 2001 ; Parau track, Waitakere Ranges, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1998 ; Fletcher track, Waitakere Ranges, Auckland, New Zealand, 18 April 1999 .

Host. Coprosma lucida , C. rotundifolia , C. intertexta (Rubiaceae) .

Relation to host. Domatia galls in leaves of Coprosma lucida . It is not certain if the galls on Coprosma acerosa and C. Intertexta are associated with domatia. Leaf domatia galls with eriophyid mites have been found in leaves of Coprosma grandifolia , C. macrocarpa and C. robusta .

Distribution. Auckland (Opanuku pipeline track), Dunedin (Bethunes Gully), Mid-Canterbury (Banks Peninsula and Cass).