A New Leipothrix Species (Acari: Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) from Hungary On Zinnia Elegans (Asteraceae)

Abstract

A new vagrant species of phyllocoptine mites, Leipothrix nagyi n. sp. collected from Zinnia elegans (Asteraceae) is described and illustrated from Hungary. Further three eriophyoid species were recorded for the first time in Hungary, viz. Aceria hippophaena (Nalepa, 1898) found on Hippophaë rhamnoides, Epitrimerus cupressi (Keifer, 1939) collected from Cupressus sempervirens and Epitrimerus tanaceti Boczek et Davis, 1984 associated with Tanacetum vulgare. The female of E.tanaceti is re-described, while the male and nymph are described for the first time.

Atypically Shaped Setae in Gall Mites (Acariformes, Eriophyoidea) and Mitogenomics of the Genus Leipothrix Keifer (Eriophyidae)

“…The listed leg and gnathosomal setae may be angled or bifurcated (bearing an extra branch), whereas when prodorsal shield setae are modified, they have one or two bulb-like swellings near the base ( Figure 1 ). A single phyllocoptine species ( Leipothrix nagyi Ripka et al 2020) has modified h2 [ 50 ], the paired setae that are located in the caudal part of opisthosoma in all Eriophyoidea [ 1 ].…”

“…Branched ft′ and ft″ is only known in two species of Diptilomiopus ( D. floridanus Craemer and Amrine 2017 ( Figure 1 A,K) and D. careyus Qin et al 2019) and branched h2 in one species of Leipothrix ( L. nagyi Ripka et al 2020, fig. 1 PM in [ 50 ]). Angled gnathosomal v has been reported in a few genera of Diptilomiopidae ( Figure 1 F, Table 2 ).…”

“…Since Amrine et al [ 7 ] revised the morphological concept of the genus Leipothrix and stated that the presence of a bifurcated pedipalp seta d and absence of femoral setae bv I and II are obligatory characteristics of this genus, the number of species assigned to this genus significantly increased due to the discovery of new species and the transfer of some older species from other genera into Leipothrix [ 21 , 50 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 ]. In this study, we sequenced four species of Leipothrix and verified the generic assignment of L .…”

Contributions to the knowledge of the plant-inhabiting mite fauna of Hungary and Austria (Acari: Parasitiformes and Acariformes)

“…Being one of the most widespread cheyletid mite species in the world, it is distributed in many countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America (Beron, 2021). On the shoot of Cupressus sempervirens L. (Cupressaceae) the orangecoloured adult and nymph of Cheletogenes ornatus were found in association with Pentamerismus oregonensis McGregor (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and Epitrimerus cupressi (Keifer) (Acari: Eriophyidae) in a private garden in Budapest (Central Hungary) (Ripka et al, 2020b). On deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs infested by scale insects this predatory mite species was frequently found in considerably low number (Ripka et al, 1999(Ripka et al, , 2005.…”

“…Genus Micreremus Berlese Micreremus brevipes (Michael, 1888) Micreremus brevipes was collected from the upper side of the leaf of Hippopha€ e rhamnoides L. (Elaeagnaceae) together with Aceria hippophaena (Nalepa) and Anthocoptes hungaricus Ripka (both Acari: Eriophyidae) in a botanical garden in Gödöllő (Central Hungary, Pest County) (Ripka et al, 2020b). In Hungary Micreremus brevipes was reported from four ornamental tree and shrub species (Ripka et al, 1999).…”