Aculus heatherae (Manson, 1984), 2008

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2008, New Zealand Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata): an update with descriptions of one new genus and six new species, Zootaxa 1962 (1), pp. 1-32 : 23

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1962.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5242581

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scientific name

Aculus heatherae (Manson, 1984)
status

comb. nov.

Aculus heatherae (Manson, 1984) , comb. nov.

Parulops heatherae Manson, 1984a: 58–59 .

Parulops heatherae ; Amrine & Stansy, 1994: 241.

Host. Raukaua simplex (Araliaceae) , Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae) , Syzygium maire (Myrtaceae) .

Relation to host. Associated with, but not causing leaf rolling on N. simplex , and bud galls on L. scoparium , vagrant on S. maire .

Dsitribution. New Zealand (Egmont-Stratford plateau, Symonds Hill, Okiwi Bay, French Pass, Otaki Forks).

Manson, D. C. (1984 a) Fauna of New Zealand No. 4 Eriophyoidea except Eriophyinae (Arachnida: Acari). Science Information Publishing Centre, DSIR, Wellington, New Zealand, 142 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Eriophyidae

Genus

Aculus