Aculus tetanothrix ( Nalepa, 1889 )

Aculus tetanothrix ( Nalepa, 1889)

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Cecidophyes tetanothrix Nalepa, 1889: 145–146 , P1. 7, ff. 1–4.

Eriophyes tetanothrix ; Nalepa, 1898: 13.

Eriophyes tetanothrix ; Nalepa, 1929: 75–79.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Boczek, 1961a: 26.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Keifer, 1966a: 13.

Aculops tetanothrix ; Keifer, 1969: 17.

Aculops tetanothrix ; Keifer, 1977: 9.

Aculops tetanothrix ; Keifer, 1978: 9.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Amrine & Stasny, 1994: 132.

Aculops tetanothrix ; Kuang, 1995b: 131–132.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Hong & Zhang, 1996: 61.

Aculus tetanothrix ( Nalepa, 1889) ; Skoracka et al. 2005: 113–114.

Aculus tetanothrix ; Song et al., 2008: 34 View Cited Treatment .

Aculus tetanothrix ; Xue et al., 2012: 45 View Cited Treatment .

Material examined. 4 females and 3 males (slide number NJAUAcariEriH39-1), from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) , Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, P. R. China, 47°43'36''N, 128°55'12''E, elevation 234m, 25 July 2008, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue, Zhen Wang & Zi-Wei Song; 5 females (slide number NJAUAcariEriJ1), from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) , Baicheng City, Jilin Province, P. R. China, 16 July 2008, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue, Zhen Wang & Zi-Wei Song; 6 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri562), from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) , Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province, P. R. China, 42°02'27''N, 128°03'30''E, elevation 1892m, 25 June 2006, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue & Zi-Wei Song; 6 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri597), from Salix sp. (Salicaceae) , Changbai Mountain, Jilin

Hosts. Salix acutifolia Willd. , Salix alba L., Salix amygdalina L., Salix appendiculata Vill. , Salix arbuscula L., Salix aurita L., Salix aurita L. x-myrtilloides Wimmer, Salix caprea L., Salix cinerea L., Salix discolor L., Salix eleagnos Scop. , Salix glauca L., Salix grandifolia Ser. , Salix groenlandica L., Salix hastata Wahlenb. , Salix herbacea L, Salix incana Schrank , Salix lanata L., Salix lapponica L., Salix lapponum L., Salix livida Wahlenb. , Salix myrsinites L., Salix myrtilloides L., Salix nigricans Smith , Salix pentandra L., Salix phycifolia (L.) Smith, Salix purpurea L., Salix retusa L., Salix rosmarinifolia L., Salix rotundifolia Trautv. , Salix sp. , Salix starkeana Willd. , Salix viminalis L., Salix viridis Fries. (Salicaceae) .

Relation to host. Galls, vagrant.

Distribution. China ( Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jilin, Shaanxi, Tibet, Xinjiang), Europe, East Palearctic, Near East, Nearctic region, Oriental region.

Note. This species occurred together with Aculops salixis Xue, Song & Hong, 2007 . This is probably another species complex that is composed of several very similar species.