Eriophyoid (Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) and Phytoseiid (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) Mite Fauna of Selected Rubus taxa (Rosaceae) with Re-description of Anthocoptes rubicolens Roivainen and Epitrimerus rubi (Domes)

Abstract

Mite species (Acari: Parasitiformes, Acariformes) living on foliage of brambles (Rubus sp.) were collected in Hungary, Austria and Slovakia. Four eriophyoid mite species (Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) associated with 14 Rubus taxa were identified. Female of Anthocoptes rubicolens Roivainen, 1953 is re-described, the male is described and illustrated from Rubus praecox Bertol., and recorded for the first time from R.bifrons Vest, R.clusii Borbás, R.grabowskii Weihe, R.praecocifrons Király et Trávn., Rubus ser. Rhamnifolii (Bab.) Focke, R.slavonicus Király, Trávn. et Žila, and R. solvensis W. Maurer. Anthocoptes rubicolens is a new species for the fauna of Hungary. Female of Epitrimerus rubi (Domes, 1960) is re-described, male and nymph are described and illustrated from R.bertramii G. Braun. Morphological differences distinguishing these species from the similar Anthocoptes rubi Domes and Epitrimerus gibbosus (Nalepa) are discussed. Out of the four identified phytoseiid species, Phytoseius juvenis Wainstein et Arutunjan (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) was the most frequent predatory mite on the leaves of studied Rubus spp.

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

“…Genus Anthocoptes Nalepa Anthocoptes rubicolens Roivainen, 1953 It was described from Spain, and recently first recorded in Hungary and Austria (Ripka et al, 2020a). Females, males and nymphs of Anthocoptes rubicolens were collected together with Phyllocoptes gracilis and Phytoseius juvenis from the petioles and veins on the lower side of the leaves of Rubus bifrons in Nagylózs, Haraszt Forest, in sunny forest fringes, 3.2 km NE of the village (Hungary, Győr-Moson-Sopron County).…”

“…Out of these, P. juvenis was reported with the highest population density from Rubus spp. (Ripka et al, 2020a).…”