Cecidophyopsis Keifer, 1959

Stalažs, Arturs & Turka, Ināra, 2019, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) of Latvia: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 4629 (2), pp. 211-236 : 216-217

Genus: Cecidophyopsis Keifer, 1959

Cecidophyopsis alpina Amrine, 1994

Type data. Ribes alpinum L. ( Grossulariaceae ); Finland.

Host plant records from Latvia. Ribes alpinum L., blackcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Botrycarpum ) and redcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Ribes ) ( Grossulariaceae ).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Cecidophyopsis alpina — Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016 .

Distribution in Latvia. Common ( Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016).

Remark. Close phylogenetic relatedness with Cecidophyopsis aurea ( Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016) .

Cecidophyopsis aurea Amrine, 1994

Type data. Ribes alpinum L. ( Grossulariaceae ); Poland. See also remarks.

Host plant records from Latvia. Ribes alpinum , blackcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Botrycarpum ) and redcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Ribes ) ( Grossulariaceae ).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Cecidophyopsis aurea — Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016 .

Distribution in Latvia. Common ( Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016).

Remarks. Close phylogenetic relatedness with Cecidophyopsis alpina ( Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016) . The type host plant of C. aurea actually is Ribes alpinum L., not Ribes aureum Purhs , as reported by Amrine et al. (1994). The type plants of C. aurea was verified at the type locality in March 2019. Detiled information on type host information will be published soon.

Cecidophyopsis cf. ribis

Type data for Cecidophyopsis ribis (Westwood, 1869) . Ribes ‘Ben Nevis’ (blackcurrant ‘Ben Nevis’) ( Grossulariaceae ); Scotland, United Kingdom.

Host plant records in Latvia assigned to Cecidophyopsis ribis . Cultivated blackcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Botrycarpum ), redcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Ribes ) and Ribes alpinum L. ( Grossulariaceae ).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Cecidophyes ribis — Shevchenko & Rupais 1964 ; Rupais 1976b; Cecidophyopsis ribis — Rupais 1976a ; Ozola 1977; Grosa 1981; Lazurenko 1982; Rupais 1999; Kampuss & Strautina 2000, 2004; Kampuss 2005a, 2005b; Rubauskis et al. 2006; Surikova 2006; Surikova & Strautina 2006; Laugale 2007; Apenite et al. 2011; Stalažs 2014; Eriophyes ribis — Ozols 1930 ; Eglītis et al. 1931, 1933, 1937; Anonymous 1937, 1938; Eglītis et al. 1943; Eglītis 1956, 1957; Čakstiņa 1962; Rupais 1962; Spuris 1966; Bērziņš 1970b; Priedītis 1971b; Ozols 1973; Spuris 1974; Bērziņš 1974.

Distribution in Latvia. In older publications reported as frequently abundant species ( Priedītis 1971b; Ozols 1973; Rupais 1976 a, 1976b; Grosa 1981). Level of blackcurrant infestation with Cecidophyopsis spp. mites varies in different habitats with the highest observed in plant collections ( Stalažs 2012).

Remarks. Amrine et al. (1994) associated Cecidophyopsis ribis with only one host plant species, Ribes nigrum L. ( Grossulariaceae ), but actually designated the type Ribes ‘Ben Nevis’ is a separate plant taxon from Ribes nigrum , as this and most modern cultivars originated as artificial inter-specific or inter-cultivar hybrids.

Cecidophyopsis selachodon van Eyndhoven, 1967

Type data. Ribes cf. rubrum (cultivated redcurrant) ( Grossulariaceae ); The Netherlands.

Host plant records from Latvia. Blackcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Botrycarpum ) and redcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Ribes ) ( Grossulariaceae ).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Cecidophyopsis selachodon — Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016 .

Distribution in Latvia. Not common ( Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016).

Cecidophyopsis cf. selachodon

Host plant records in Latvia assigned to Cecidophyopsis selachodon . Cultivated redcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Ribes ) ( Grossulariaceae ).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Cecidophyopsis selachodon — Kampuss (2005a ,b); Stalažs 2014.

Distribution in Latvia. Correct data is not available. Redcurrants infested with mites occur sporadically, especially on older plants in plant collections ( Stalažs 2012).

Remarks. Kampuss (2005a, 2005b) identified mites based on bud-gall presence on redcurrant plants (K. Kam- puss 2008, pers. communication). Amrine et al. (1994) associate Cecidophyopsis selachodon with only one host plant species— Ribes rubrum L.

Cecidophyopsis spicata Fenton et al. 1996

Type data. Ribes spicatum E. Robson (Grossulariaceae) , alternate host plants blackcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Botrycarpum ); Finland.

Host plant records from Latvia. Blackcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Botrycarpum ) and redcurrants ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Ribes ) ( Grossulariaceae ).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Cecidophyopsis spicata — Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016 .

Distribution in Latvia. Common ( Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016).

Remark. Close phylogenetic relatedness with Cecidophyopsis ribis ( Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska 2016) .

Cecidophyopsis spp.

Host plant records from Latvia. Blackcurrants—both in cultivated and wild habitats, including correctly identified Ribes nigrum L. in a plant collection of National Botanic Garden, Salaspils, Latvia ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Botrycarpum ), redcurrants—both in cultivated and wild habitats, including native Ribes spicatum E. Robson and non-identified non-native redcurrants in wild habitats ( Ribes L. subgenus Ribes section Ribes ) and Ribes alpinum L.—both in cultivated and wild habitats ( Grossulariaceae ). Refer to Stalažs (2007, 2009, 2010 a, 2010b, 2011, 2012), Apenite et al. (2012), Rupais et al. (2014) and Stalažs & Moročko-Bičevska (2016).