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The North American gall mite Aceria fraxiniflora was first recorded in Europe in southeast Hungary in 2017. Since then, it has shown a remarkably rapid spread on its host, the also North American green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica). By the beginning of 2023 it has been recorded in eight Central-Eastern European countries. In 2022 it was recorded on the other North American ash (Fraxinus Americana) in Zagreb (Croatia) and in Szarvas Arboretum (SE Hungary). Possible reasons and outcomes of this spread are discussed.
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Coleoptera , Fraxinus , Mites , Animals , Europe , Europe, EasternABSTRACT
A new tenuipalpid mite species, Aegyptobiabozaii sp. n., is described from Central-Hungary on leaves of the endemic Hungarian statice Limoniumgmeliniisubsp.hungaricum (Plumbaginaceae) based on females, nymphs and larva. The previously described endemic flat mite, Tenuipalpusszarvasensis Bozai, 1970 is redescribed. This species had been treated as a junior synonym of Tenuipalpuscheladzeae Gomelauri, 1960, but our new investigation shows that the two species are not the same.
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A new species of eriophyoid mite, Aceria pycnocomi sp. nov., associated with Pycnocomon rutifolium (Dipsacaceae), is described and illustrated from Spain. Morphological differences distinguishing this new species from similar Aceria species are discussed. The female, male and nymph of Aceria eucricotes (Nalepa, 1892) and Aceria kuko (Kishida, 1927) are redescribed and illustrated from Spain and Hungary, respectively; both were collected from Lycium spp. (Solanaceae). Morphological differences distinguishing these two species are discussed.
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Mites , Animals , Body Size , Dipsacaceae , Female , Hungary , Lycium , Male , Solanaceae , SpainABSTRACT
A new species of eriophyoid mite, Aceria wassalberti n. sp. associated with Minuartia frutescens (Caryophyllaceae), is described and illustrated from Hungary. A key to the Aceria species known on Caryophyllaceae is given. Remarks are provided on the eriophyoid mites currently known from caryophyllaceous host plants.
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Caryophyllaceae/parasitology , Mites/classification , Animal Distribution , Animal Structures/anatomy & histology , Animal Structures/growth & development , Animals , Body Size , Ecosystem , Female , Hungary , Male , Mites/anatomy & histology , Mites/growth & development , Organ SizeABSTRACT
We describe two new species of Dinychus Kramer, 1886 from fragments of the former Gondwanaland supercontinent. Dinychus indica sp. nov. from India belongs to the Dinychus woelkei-group It differs from the previously known Dinychus species on the basis of the sculptural pattern of the sternal and genital shields of female. The female of Dinychus chilensis sp. nov. from Chile has a quadrangular genital shield, which is a unique character state in the genus Dinychus. New keys to the Central and South American Dinychus and to Dinychus woelkei-group are presented.
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Mites/classification , Animal Distribution , Animal Structures/anatomy & histology , Animal Structures/growth & development , Animals , Body Size , Chile , Female , India , Male , Mites/anatomy & histology , Mites/growth & development , Organ SizeABSTRACT
A new species of eriophyoid mite, Aculus castriferrei n. sp., associated with Agrimonia eupatoria (Rosaceae) is described and illustrated from Hungary. Morphological differences distinguishing this vagrant species from other rosaceous inhabiting congeners are discussed. Aceria malherbae Nuzzaci is a new record for the eriophyoid fauna of Hungary after it was found causing severe damage symptoms to Convolvulus arvensis L. (Convolvulaceae).
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Agrimonia/parasitology , Convolvulus/parasitology , Mites/classification , Animal Distribution , Animal Structures/anatomy & histology , Animal Structures/growth & development , Animals , Body Size , Female , Hungary , Male , Mites/anatomy & histology , Mites/growth & development , Organ Size , Plant Diseases/parasitologyABSTRACT
Eleven arboreal prostigmatic mites from the families Tydeidae, Iolinidae and Stigmaeidae (Prostigmata) are recorded from Hungary. Among them, 8 species are new for science: Tydeus narolicatus Kazmierski and Ripka sp. nov., T. martae Kazmierski sp. nov., T clavimaculatus Kazmierski sp. nov., Lorryia hungarica Laniecka and Ripka sp. nov., L. sanctikingai Ripka and Laniecka sp. nov., L. bathorii Ripka and Kazmierski sp. nov., Neopronematus solani Laniecka and Kazmierski sp. nov., and Mediolata ronaldi Laniecka sp. nov. Neopronematus lundqvisti Sadeghi et al., 2012 is a new species for fauna of Hungary.