This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Eriophyid is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
| Eriophyidae | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aceria anthocoptes
(Rust mite) |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| Diversity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| > 240 genera, > 3,500 species |
Eriophyidae is a family of more than 200 genera of mites, which live as plant parasites, commonly causing galls or other damage to the plant tissues and hence known as gall mites. About 3,600 species have been described, but this is probably less than 10% of the actual number existing in this poorly-researched family. They are tiny, microscopic mites and are yellow to pinkish white to purplish in color. The mites are worm like, and have only two pairs of legs. Their primary method of population spread is by wind. They affect a wide range of plants, and several are major pest species causing substantial economic damage to crops.
Notable species include:
- Abacarus hystrix, the cereal rust mite
- Abacarus sacchari, the sugarcane rust mite
- Acalitus essigi, the redberry mite — attacks blackberries
- Aceria chondrillae, the chondrilla gall mite — agent of biological control against skeleton weed (Chondrilla juncea)
- Aceria malherbae, the bindweed gall mite — agent of biological control against field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- Eriophyes guerreronis — causes mandari disease of coconuts
Selected genera
References
- Digital museum of Nature: Classification of Eriophyoid Mites
- Fauna Europaea
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Eriophyidae
External Links
- blueberry bud mite, Acalitus vaccinii on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- a coconut mite mite, Acathrix trymatus on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
.png){kind=small}
 |
This agriculture-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 27 August 2008, at 19:10.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Eriophyid".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.