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ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2025

Scrutinizing Acalitus simplex Flechtmann et Etienne (Eriophyidae): an eriophyoid mite associated with Ruellia spp. (Acanthaceae).

Marcello De Giosa, Livia M S Ataide, Adam G Dale, Daniel A Hahn, Xingbo Wu, Ronald Ochoa, Samuel Bolton, Kevin R Cloonan, Alexandra M Revynthi

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Article in Experimental & applied acarology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Marcello De GiosaTropical Research and Education Center, Entomology and Nematology Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, 33031, USA. m.degiosa@ufl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-001X
Livia M S AtaideTropical Research and Education Center, Entomology and Nematology Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, 33031, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2159-7267
Adam G DaleEntomology and Nematology Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4125-0431
Daniel A HahnEntomology and Nematology Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0165-7488
Xingbo WuTropical Research and Education Center, Environmental Horticulture Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, 33031, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-4373
Ronald OchoaSystematic Entomology Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, 20705, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1680-3601
Samuel BoltonFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5807-8519
Kevin R CloonanSubtropical Horticulture Research Station, USDA-ARS, 13601 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL, 33158, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0045-1074
Alexandra M RevynthiTropical Research and Education Center, Entomology and Nematology Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, 33031, USA. arevynthi@ufl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3284-3104

Funding

University of Florida-USDA-ARS Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement 58-6038-3-002USDA-NIFA Research Capacity Fund (Hatch) 7000779
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Abstract

Acalitus simplex is an erinose eriophyoid mite that feeds exclusively on plants in the genus Ruellia, which are frequently sold as ornamentals for landscape plantings. This study presents a comprehensive examination of A. simplex collected from Anguilla, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Florida, and Hawaii through sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene (COI), coupled with morphological examination by several microscopy techniques. The collected A. simplex specimens were similar in morphology across geographic locations and populations clustered together in a phylogenetic analysis based on COI sequences. In addition to Ruellia simplex, new host plant associations are reported in Florida, including R. blechum, R. squarrosa and R. caroliniensis. We defined the different erineum stages, determined the number of days after infestation on an uninfested plant required for erinea development, and estimated population densities in each erineum stage. Four erineum stages were observed on R. simplex - hyaline (stage 1), white (stage 2), purple (stage 3) and beige (stage 4). At 25 ± 2

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AcanthaceaeMitesAnimalsArthropod ProteinsElectron Transport Complex IVHerbivoryLarvaNymphPhylogenyArthropod ProteinsElectron Transport Complex IVEcologyErineaEriophyoideaGallsIntegrated mite managementOrnamental plant

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