Aculus tetanothrix ( Nalepa, 1889 )

XUE, XIAO-FENG, GUO, JING-FENG & HONG, XIAO-YUE, 2013, <p class = " HeadingRunIn " align = " left "> <strong> Eriophyoid mites from Northeast China (Acari: Eriophyoidea) </ strong> </ p>, Zootaxa 3689 (1), pp. 1-123 : 87-88

Aculus tetanothrix ( Nalepa, 1889)

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Cecidophyes tetanothrix Nalepa, 1889: 145–146 , P1. 7, ff. 1–4.

Eriophyes tetanothrix ; Nalepa, 1898: 13.

Eriophyes tetanothrix ; Nalepa, 1929: 75–79.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Boczek, 1961a: 26.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Keifer, 1966a: 13.

Aculops tetanothrix ; Keifer, 1969: 17.

Aculops tetanothrix ; Keifer, 1977: 9.

Aculops tetanothrix ; Keifer, 1978: 9.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Amrine & Stasny, 1994: 132.

Aculops tetanothrix ; Kuang, 1995b: 131–132.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Hong & Zhang, 1996: 61.

Aculus tetanothrix ( Nalepa, 1889) ; Skoracka et al. 2005: 113–114.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Song et al., 2008: 34 .

Aculus tetanothrix ; Xue et al., 2012: 45 .

Material examined. 4 females and 3 males (slide number NJAUAcariEriH39-1), from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) , Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, P. R. China, 47°43'36''N, 128°55'12''E, elevation 234m, 25 July 2008, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue, Zhen Wang & Zi-Wei Song; 5 females (slide number NJAUAcariEriJ1), from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) , Baicheng City, Jilin Province, P. R. China, 16 July 2008, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue, Zhen Wang & Zi-Wei Song; 6 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri562), from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) , Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province, P. R. China, 42°02'27''N, 128°03'30''E, elevation 1892m, 25 June 2006, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue & Zi-Wei Song; 6 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri597), from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) , Changbai Mountain, Jilin

Hosts. Salix acutifolia Willd. , Salix alba L., Salix amygdalina L., Salix appendiculata Vill. , Salix arbuscula L., Salix aurita L., Salix aurita L. x-myrtilloides Wimmer, Salix caprea L., Salix cinerea L., Salix discolor L., Salix eleagnos Scop. , Salix glauca L., Salix grandifolia Ser. , Salix groenlandica L., Salix hastata Wahlenb. , Salix herbacea L, Salix incana Schrank , Salix lanata L., Salix lapponica L., Salix lapponum L., Salix livida Wahlenb. , Salix myrsinites L., Salix myrtilloides L., Salix nigricans Smith , Salix pentandra L., Salix phycifolia (L.) Smith, Salix purpurea L., Salix retusa L., Salix rosmarinifolia L., Salix rotundifolia Trautv. , Salix sp. , Salix starkeana Willd. , Salix viminalis L., Salix viridis Fries. (Salicaceae) .

Relation to host. Galls, vagrant.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jilin, Shaanxi, Tibet, Xinjiang), Europe, East Palearctic, Near East, Nearctic region, Oriental region.

Note. This species occurred together with Aculops salixis Xue, Song & Hong, 2007 . This is probably another species complex that is composed of several very similar species.

Figures

FIGURE 64. Aculus tetanothrix (Nalepa, 1889): A. Prodorsal shield of female; B. Coxae and female genitalial.