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Issue: Vol. 22: 30 Nov. 2022
Type: Proceedings Papers
Published: 2022-11-30
DOI: 10.11646/zoosymposia.22.1.47
Page range: 83
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Spit it out: extraction of saliva from the lychee erinose mite (Aceria litchi (Keifer) Acari: Eriophyidae)

University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Homestead, Florida, 33031, USA
University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Homestead, Florida, 33031, USA
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, USA
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (Di.S.S.P.A.), University of Bari Aldo Moro, via Amendola, 165/a, Bari, 70126, Italy
University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Homestead, Florida, 33031, USA
University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Homestead, Florida, 33031, USA
Eriophyoidea mite saliva alterations invasive species media

Abstract

The Lychee Erinose Mite (LEM) (Aceria litchii (Keifer)) is a gall-making eriophyid that feeds exclusively on lychee trees (Litchi chinensis Sonnerat), inducing the development of open leaf galls called erinea. Erinea are structures formed of hypertrophic leaf trichomes where LEM seeks refuge, feeds and reproduces.

References

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