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Species Eriophyes emarginatae

Pink Eggs? - Eriophyes emarginatae galls on Bitter Cherry - Eriophyes emarginatae galls - Eriophyes emarginatae Duluth leaf gall on Prunus virginiana 2016 1 - Eriophyes emarginatae Galls - Eriophyes emarginatae Galled leaf, top - Eriophyes emarginatae Eriophyid female, ventral - Eriophyes emarginatae - female Eriophyid female, anterior - Eriophyes emarginatae - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder Acariformes
Order Trombidiformes
Suborder Prostigmata (Prostigs)
Infraorder Eleutherengona
No Taxon (Raphignathina)
Superfamily Eriophyoidea
Family Eriophyidae (Gall mites)
Genus Eriophyes
Species emarginatae (Eriophyes emarginatae)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phytoptus emarginatae Keifer, 1939
Remarks
Induces club- or finger-like pouch galls on leaves of various plums and cherries (Prunus spp.).
Print References
(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.The biology and morphology of Eriophyes emarginatae, a Prunus finger gall mite, and notes on E. prunidemissae
George N. Oldfield. 1969. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 62, Issue 2, Pages 269–277.
2.The phytophagous and predatory mites (Acari) on Prunus (Rosaceae) in southeastern Canada
Marie-Ève Garon-Labrecque. 2017. Masters Thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.