Species Aceria genistae (Nalepa, 1892)

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• Phytopyus genistae Nalepa, A. in Kieffer, J.-J. 1892. Les acarocécides de Lorraine. (Suite). Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes 3 22(257): 141–147.
• Phytoptus genistae Nalepa, A. 1891. Genera und Species der Fam. Phytoptida. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 28: 161–162 [nomen nudum].

Introduction

This species was deliberately introduced into Australia for the biological control of the weed Cytisus scoparius (Sagliocco et al., 2013). Xue et al (2015) found that some specimens of Aceria genistae in New Zealand had been misidentified as another closely related species, so the identity of the Australian specimens awaits detailed confirmation.

General References

Manson, D.C.M. 1989. New species and records of eriophyid mites from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 37-49 (as Aceria genistae)

Nalepa, A. 1892. Neue Arten der Gattung Phytoptus Duj. und Cecidophyes Nal. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 59: 525-540 + Plates I-IV. (as Phytoptus genistae)

Sagliocco., J.-L., Sheppard, A., Hosking, J., Hodge, P., Paynter, H., Gourlay, H. & Ireson, J. 2013. Host specificity testing, release and successful establishment of the broom gall mite (Aceria genistae) in Australia and New Zealand for the biological control of broom (Cytisus scoparius). pp. 409-416. in Wu, Y., Johnson, T., Sing, S., Raghu, S., Wheeler, G., Pratt, P., Warner, K., Center, T., Goolsby, J. & Reardon, R. Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. US Forest Service http://www.invasive.org/publications/xiiisymposium/.

Smith, L., de Lillo, E. & Amrine, J.W. 2010. Effectiveness of eriophyid mites for biological control of weedy plants and challenges for future research. Experimental and Applied Acarology 51: 115–149 (as Aceria genistae)

Xue, X.-F., Han, X. & Zhang, Z.-Q. 2015. Correct identification and biosecurity decision-making: Two species instead of one in Aceria genistae complex (Acari: Eriophyidae) in New Zealand. Systematic and Applied Acarology 20: 71-86.

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