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Acalitus Plicans
''Acalitus plicans'' is an Eriophyidae, eriophyid mite which causes galls on beech (''Fagus sylvatica''). It is found in Europe and was Species description, first described by the Austrian Zoology, zoologist Alfred Nalepa in 1917. Description of the gall The leaf is distorted and crumpled with folds, and is covered with reddish hairs. The reddish tinge resembles an emerging leaf, which together with the small size makes the gall easy to overlook. The mites live and feed among the hairs which are deep in the folds of the leaf and overwinter under the bud scales. Inquilines One species of Inquiline is known to Commensalism, live in the gall alongside the gall-causer, and a second may be a gall-causer or an inquiline, * ''Epitrimerus fagi'' * ''Monochetus sulcatus'' – is either a gall-causer on beech or an inquiline of ''Acalitus plicans''. Distribution The mite is found in Europe. Countries where it has been recorded include Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Nalepa
Alfred Nalepa (19 December 1856, in Werschetz – 11 December 1929, in Baden bei Wien) was an Austrian zoologist specializing in the field of acarology. He studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna, and from 1886 was associated with the ''Lehrerbildungsanstalt'' in Linz. In 1892 he returned to Vienna, where he was appointed professor of natural history at the ''Elisabethgymnasium''. He described many species in the field of acarology, and was the taxonomic authority of the gall mite family, Eriophyidae. Principal works * ''Beiträge zur Systematik der Phytopten'', 1889 - Contribution to the systematics Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ... of Phytoptidae. * ''Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Phyllocoptiden'', 1894 - Contribution to the knowledge of '' Phyll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |