Acalitus

Acalitus is a genus of mites in the family Eriophyidae. These cosmopolitan, microscopic arthropods form galls on various plants, and some species such as Acalitus essigi and Acalitus vaccinii are pests of agricultural significance associated with berry crops. This genus includes, but is not limited to the following species: Acalitus acanthus Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus accolus Flechtmann, Amrine & Stasny, 1995 Acalitus acnistii (Keifer, 1953) Acalitus aethiopicus Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus amicorum Flechtmann in Flechtmann, Kreiter, Etienne & Moraes, 2000 Acalitus amydros Flechtmann & Etienne, 2001 Acalitus ancyrivalis Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus anthonii Keifer, 1972 Acalitus australis (Lamb, 1952) Acalitus avicenniae (Lamb, 1952) Acalitus batissimus Wilson, 1970 Acalitus bosquieae (Farkas, 1961) Acalitus brevitarsus (Fockeu, 1890) Acalitus calycophthirus (Nalepa, 1891) Acalitus capparidis Flechtmann in Flechtmann, Kreiter, Etienne & Moraes, 2000 Acalitus carbonis Navia & Flechtmann, 1998 Acalitus carpatus Manson, 1984 Acalitus chimanemanus Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus comptus Flechtmann in Flechtmann, Kreiter, Etienne & Moraes, 2000 Acalitus cotoneastri (Nalepa, 1926) Acalitus cottieri (Lamb, 1952) Acalitus crotoni Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus dissimus Manson, 1984 Acalitus epiphytivagrans Mohanasundaram, 1983 Acalitus essigi (Hassan, 1928) Acalitus excelsus Manson, 1984 Eriophyes ferrugineum Acalitus gilae Keifer, 1970 Acalitus gossypii (Banks, 1904) Acalitus granulatus Flechtmann & Etienne, 2000 Acalitus gratissimae Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus hassani Keifer, 1973 Acalitus heliopsis Keifer, 1975 Acalitus hereroensei Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus hibisci Mondal & Chakrabarti, 1982 Acalitus intertextus Manson, 1984 Acalitus inulaefolii Keifer, 1970 Acalitus ipomocarneae Keifer, 1977 Acalitus khorixanus Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus kohus Manson, 1984 Acalitus ledi Keifer, 1965 Acalitus longisetosus (Nalepa, 1892) Acalitus lowei Manson, 1971 Acalitus lycioides Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus macrosetosus Flechtmann & Etienne, 2003 Acalitus malelanus Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus mallyi (Tucker, 1926) Acalitus malpighiae Keifer, 1977 Acalitus maracai (Boczek & Nuzzaci, 1988) Acalitus marinae Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus meliosmae Mohanasundaram, 1981 Acalitus mikaniae Keifer, 1974 Acalitus morrisoni Manson, 1970 Acalitus notolius (Nalepa, 1919) Acalitus odoratus Keifer, 1970 Acalitus orthomerus (Keifer, 1951) Acalitus osmius (Cromroy, 1958) Acalitus persicae Luo & Jiang, 1988 Acalitus phloeocoptes (Nalepa, 1890) Acalitus phoradendronis Keifer, 1972 Acalitus phyllereus (Nalepa, 1919) Acalitus plicans (Nalepa, 1917) Acalitus prunispinosae (Nalepa, 1926) Acalitus pundamariae Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus purpurascensis (Cromroy, 1958) Acalitus rapaneae Keifer, 1977 Acalitus reticulatae Mohanasundaram, 1981 Acalitus rubensis Manson, 1970 Acalitus rudis (G. Canestrini, 1891) Acalitus ruelliae (Channabasavanna, 1966) Acalitus sageretiae Kuang, 1987 Acalitus salvadorae Keifer, 1974 Acalitus santaluciae Keifer, 1966 Acalitus santibanezi Garcia-Valencia & Hoffmann, 1997 Acalitus schefflerae Mohanasundaram, 1981 Acalitus simplex Flechtmann & Etienne, 2002 Acalitus sogerctiae Kuang-Haiyua, 1987 Acalitus spinus Manson, 1984 Acalitus stenaspis (Nalepa, 1891) Acalitus stereothrix (Nalepa, 1914) Acalitus tanisetus Flechtmann, 1999 Acalitus tanylobus Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus taurangensis (Manson, 1965) Acalitus ueckermanni Smith-Meyer, 1990 Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer, 1939)

thumb|Leaves of Fagus grandifolia exhibiting erineum galls induced by [[Acalitus ferrugineum]]