<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>Eriophyid mite <em>Aceria artemisiifoliae </em>sp.nov. (Acari: Eriophyoidea) potential biological control agent of invasive common ragweed, <em>Ambrosia artemisiifolia</em> L. (Asteraceae) in Serbia</strong></p>

Abstract

The eriophyoid mites are tiny but ancient and very diverse-over 5000 species have been named and described so far (Chetverikov et al. 2015;Bolton et al. 2017;Xue et al. 2017). They have received tremendous attention from acarologists over the last two decades or so. Major books-such as world catalogue (Amrine & Stasny 1994), key to genera (Amrine et al. 2003) and volumes of comprehensive review articles on its taxonomy, biology and control (Lindquist et al. 1996;Ueckermann 2010)-have facilitated the discovery and study of these mites in recent years. Surveys of new mite species described during 2007 to 2015 revealed that more new species of this superfamily have been described than any other mite superfamily (

Aceria artemisiifoliae Vidović & Petanović (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on common ragweed - the second record in the world

“…The presence of the eriophyid mite on asymptomatic plants was not investigated. The morphological characteristics of male and female protogyne and deutogyne were the same as in the original description by Vidović et al (2016). A. artemisiifoliae lives on the surface of the aboveground plant organs between the trichomes, preferably in terminal buds and male and female reproductive organs (Vidović et al 2016).…”

“…The morphological characteristics of male and female protogyne and deutogyne were the same as in the original description by Vidović et al (2016). A. artemisiifoliae lives on the surface of the aboveground plant organs between the trichomes, preferably in terminal buds and male and female reproductive organs (Vidović et al 2016). In Slovakia, symptoms were most pronounced just Plant Protection Science, 60, 2024 (2): 207-211 https://doi.org/10.17221/13/2024-PPS before inflorescence development in early July.…”

“…To date, thirteen species of eriophyid mites have been described on Ambrosia spp. The species were summarized by Vidović et al (2016). Ten of them have been described in the native range of Am- siae Wilson, 1959, A. ambrosioides Keifer, 1966, A. astibonis Keifer, 1960, A. boycei (Keifer, 1943), A. caborcensis Keifer, 1965, A. franseriae Wilson & Oldfield, 1966, A. potosensis (Keifer, 1976, Aculus ambrosiae (Keifer, 1943), Paraphytoptus pannolus Keifer, 1962, andHeterotergum schlingeri Wilson &Oldfield, 1966)], and only one each from Cuba (Eriophyes ambrosiae Cook, 1906), Georgia -former USSR (Aceria izhevskii Livshits, Mitrofanov and Sharonov, 1983) and Serbia (Aceria artemisiifoliae Vidović & Petanović, 2016).…”

Eriophyid Mites in Classical Biological Control of Weeds: Progress and Challenges

“…Most papers published today concerning alpha-taxonomy are prepared following traditional methods, but there are increasing numbers of species descriptions employing methods of traditional morphological taxonomy combined with the support of DNA sequences of one (typically mtCOI) or a few genetic regions [42][43][44][45]. For example, the newly recognized species Aceria artemisiifoliae Vidović & Petanović, a potential biological control agent of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., Asteraceae), was described following both morphological and bio-molecular approaches [46].…”

<p class="Body">TOWARDS AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO TAXONOMY OF ERIOPHYOIDEA (ACARI, PROSTIGMATA) - AN OVERVIEW

“…a vagrant cryptic species. Recently, the new species Aceria artemisiifoliae was described following both morphological and bio-molecular approaches, and has been considered as potential important biological control candidate of common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Vidović et al 2016).…”