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Species Aceria brachytarsus

Black Walnut Leaf Gall ID Request - Aceria brachytarsus Black Walnut Leaf Gall ID Request - Aceria brachytarsus Black Walnut Leaf Gall ID Request - Aceria brachytarsus Black Walnut Leaf Gall ID Request - Aceria brachytarsus Mite galls on Juglans californica - Aceria brachytarsus
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 Aceria
Species brachytarsus (Aceria brachytarsus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eriophyes brachytarsus Keifer
Habitat
The mites form beadlike leaf galls on Junglans hindsii, J. nigra, and J. californica. If numerous, leaf distortion may result. (1)
Works Cited
1.Eriophyoid Mites of the United States
E. W. Baker, T. Kono, J. W. Amrine, Jr., M. D. Delfinado-Baker and T. A. Stasny. 1996. Indira Publishing House.
2.An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America (Agriculture Handbook Number 573)
Keifer, Hartford H., Edward W. Baker, Tokuwo Kono, Mercedes Delfinado, and William E. Styer. 1982. USDA Agricultural Research Service.