Calacarus carinatus (Green, 1890)

Han, Xiao, Zuo, Yun, Xue, Xiao-Feng & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2015, Eriophyoid mites (Acari, Eriophyoidea) associated with tea plants, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species, ZooKeys 534, pp. 1-16 : 8

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scientific name	Calacarus carinatus (Green, 1890)
status

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Prostigmata Eriophyidae

Typhlodromus carinatus Green, 1890: 35.

Eriophyes carinatus ; Nalepa 1923: 31.

Epitrimerus adornatus ; Keifer 1940: 32.

Calacarus carinatus ; Baker et al. 1996: 86.

Host.

Camellia caudata Wallich, Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze, Camellia kissi Wallich, Camellia japonica L., Camellia sasanqua Thunb., Capsicum annuum L. ( Solanaceae ), Viburnum opulus L. ( Adoxaceae ).

Relation to the host plant.

Vagrant, causing bronzing and leaving white cast skin streaks. Wax is produced on the five ridges and prodorsal shield.

Distribution.

Africotropical, Australian, Indomalayan, Nearctic, Palaearctic regions.

Remarks.

This free-living species leaves much debris on the host leaves and occurs on the leaves associated with Acaphylla steinwedeni . They both overwinter on the leaves and show no deuterogyny.