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Aceria baccharices

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Aceria baccharices
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Family: Eriophyidae
Genus: Aceria
Species:
A. baccharices
Binomial name
Aceria baccharices
Kiefer, 1945

Aceria baccharices, also known as the mulefat leaf-blister mite and formerly known as Eriophyes baccharices, is a species of arachnid native to North America that induces galls on two California willows, Baccharis salicifolia and Baccharis glutinosa.[1][2] This mite was first described to science by Hartford H. Keifer in 1945.[3] According to Keifer, "the type host is the long-leaf type Baccharis which is common to dry washes in northern California. The other host is the same sort of thing but confined to the south."[3] These galls, which look like warty protrusions from the surface of the leaf, are nurseries for the next generation of mites.[2] The adults eventually leave the leaf via anterior exit holes that may be visible.[2]

Aceria baccharices should not confused with Aceria baccharipha, the Baccharis leaf blister mite.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Aceria baccharices (Mule Fat Blister Mite)". iNaturalist.
  2. ^ a b c Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 244. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
  3. ^ a b Keifer, H.H. (1952). "Eriophyid Mites of California" (PDF). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. 2 (1). University of California Press: 24 – via essig.berkeley.edu.
  4. ^ An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America. Agriculture Handbook No. 573. Washington, D.C.: Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. 1982. p. 40. Retrieved 2024-03-20 – via HathiTrust.