Aceria anthocoptes (Nalepa, 1892) Nalepa, 1892

Xue, Xiao-Feng, Sadeghi, Hussein, Hong, Xiao-Yue & Sinaie, Samira, 2011, Nine eriophyoid mite species from Iran (Acari, Eriophyidae), ZooKeys 143, pp. 23-45 : 25-26

Aceria anthocoptes (Nalepa, 1892) rec. n. Figures 23

Phytoptus anthocoptes Nalepa 1892: 120.

Eriophyes anthocoptes ; Nalepa 1898: 42.

Aceria anthocoptes ; Roivainen 1950: 2.

Eriophyes (Aceria) anthocoptes ; Liro & Roivainen 1951: 81, figure 45-4.

Aceria anthocoptes ; Farkas 1965: 51, figure 35 a–c.

Aceria anthocoptes ; Amrine & Stasny 1994: 22.

Aceria anthocoptes ; Skoracka et al. 2005: 42.

Description.

Female (n = 11, dorsal view): Body vermiform, 256 (256-282), 67 (67-68) wide; light yellow. Gnathosoma 22 (22-23), projecting obliquely downwards, pedipalp coxal seta (ep) 3 (2-3), dorsal pedipalp genual seta (d) 5 (5-6), cheliceral stylets 20 (20-21). Prodorsal shield 28 (28-33), 37 (37-38) wide, median, admedian and submedian lines complete and parallel, with many short lines and granules at lateral; anterior shield lobe absent. Scapular tubercles near rear shield margin, 28 (28-29) apart, scapular setae (sc) 52 (52-56), projecting posteriorly. Coxigenital region with 7 (7-9) microtuberculated annuli. Coxisternal plates with short lines, anterolateral setae on coxisternum І (1b) 7 (7-8), 12 (12-13) apart, proximal setae on coxisternum І (1a) 25 (25-27), 8 (8-10) apart, proximal setae on coxisternum ІІ (2a) 58 (53-58), 25 (25-26) apart, tubercles 1b and 1a apart 7 (6-7), tubercles 1a and 2a 8 (8-8) apart. Prosternal apodeme 7 (7-8). Legs with usual series of setae. Leg І 38 (38-41), femur 12 (12-13), basiventral femoral seta (bv) 12 (12-13); genu 5 (5-6), antaxial genual seta ( l’’) 30 (30-33); tibia 6 (6-7), paraxial tibial seta ( l’) 5 (5-6), located at 1/3 from dorsal base; tarsus 8 (7-8), seta ft’ 18 (18-19), seta ft’’ 26 (26-27), seta u’ 5 (5-6); tarsal empodium (em) 7 (7-8), simple, 5-rayed, tarsal solenidion (ω) 8 (8-9), knobbed. Leg ІІ 37 (37-39), femur 9 (9-10), basiventral femoral seta (bv) 13 (13-14); genu 4 (4-5), antaxial genual seta ( l’’) 10 (10-12); tibia 6 (5-6); tarsus 7 (6-7), seta ft’ 8 (8-9), seta ft’’ 28 (28-30), seta u’ 5 (5-6); tarsal empodium (em) 7 (7-8), simple, 5-rayed, tarsal solenidion (ω) 11 (11-12), knobbed. Opisthosoma: opisthosoma dorsally with 71 (71-75) annuli, with elliptical microtubercles on rear annular margins, ventrally with 79 (79-83) annuli, with round microtubercles on rear annular margins. Setae c2 23 (23-25) on ventral annulus 15 (15-16), 62 (57-62) apart; setae d 73 (73-76) on ventral annulus 29 (28-29), 50 (45-50) apart; setae e 23 (23-25) on ventral annulus 46 (45-46), 30 (22-30) apart; setae f 32 (32-35) on 7th ventral annulus from rear, 23 (23-23) apart. Setae h1 5 (5-6), h2 96 (96-98). Female genitalia 15 (15-16), 25 (25-26) wide, coverflap with 14 longitudinal ridges, setae 3a 23 (23-25), 21 (18-21) apart.

Male. Not seen.

Material examined.

3females (slide number IRAN212), from Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. ( Asteraceae ), Torghabeh, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, 36.3167°N, 59.3500°E, 26-VIII-2010, elevation 980m & Ferdowsi University campus, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, 36.3000°N, 59.5167°E, elevation 915m, 6-IX-2010, coll. Samira Sinaie, deposited as slide mounted specimens in the Arthropod/Mite Collection of the Department of Entomology, NJAU, Jiangsu Province, China; 8females (slide number 212), from Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. ( Asteraceae ), Torghabeh, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, 36.3167°N, 59.3500°E, 26-VIII-2010, elevation 980m, coll. Samira Sinaie, deposited as slides in the Department of Plant Protection, FUM, Iran.

Host.

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., Cirsium calcareum (M.E. Jones) Woot. & Standl., Cirsium canescens Nutt., Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill, Cirsium scariosum Nutt., Cirsium scopulorum (Greene) Cockerell ex Daniels, Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng., Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore ( Asteraceae ); Lolium perenne L. ( Poaceae ).

Relation to host.

Leaf curl, erineum, rust, vagrant.

Distribution.

Iran, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, USA.