Monochetus sulcatus

Monochetus sulcatus

Classification

Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Eriophyidae

Acalitus plicans is an eriophyid mite which causes galls on beech (Fagus sylvatica). It is found in Europe and was first described by the Austrian zoologist Alfred Nalepa in 1917. Description of the gall The leaf is distorted and crumpled with folds, and is covered with reddish hairs.

Distribution

Monochetus sulcatus — (c) carnifex, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by carnifex · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Germany · 1

Sources and credits

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Monochetus sulcatus

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