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Cecidophyes Rouhollahi
''Cecidophyes rouhollahi'' is a species of mite in the genus '' Cecidophyes''. It is a plant parasite, or gall, found on cleaver (''Galium aparine ''Galium aparine'', with common names including cleavers, clivers, catchweed and sticky willy among others, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae. Names ''Galium aparine'' is known by a variety of common names in English. They ...'') and can be a potential biological control agent for false cleavers ('' Galium spurium''), which is a noxious weed in many places.A new species of Cecidophyes (Acari: Eriophyidae) from ''Galium aparine'' (Rubiaceae) with notes on its biology and potential as a biological control agent for ''Galium spurium''. Charnie Craemer, Rouhollah Sobhian, Alec S. McClay and James W. Amrine Jr., International Journal of Acarology, 1999, Volume 25, Issue 4, pages 255–263, References External links ''Cecidophyes rouhollahi'' at faunaeur.org Eriophyidae Animals described in 1999 Arachnids of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evidence of a close relationship. Most mites are tiny, less than in length, and have a simple, unsegmented body plan. The small size of most species makes them easily overlooked; some species live in water, many live in soil as decomposers, others live on plants, sometimes creating galls, while others again are Predation, predators or Parasitism, parasites. This last type includes the commercially destructive ''Varroa'' parasite of honey bees, as well as scabies mites of humans. Most species are harmless to humans, but a few are associated with allergies or may transmit diseases. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of mites is called acarology. Evolution and taxonomy The mites are not a defined taxon, but is used for two disti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecidophyes
''Cecidophyes'' is a genus of mites in the family Eriophyidae. It is a plant parasite, causing galls or other damage to the plant tissues. Species * '' Cecidophyes borealis'' * '' Cecidophyes caliquerci'' * '' Cecidophyes calvus'' * '' Cecidophyes campestris'' * '' Cecidophyes cerriquerci'' * '' Cecidophyes galii'' * '' Cecidophyes geranii'' * '' Cecidophyes gibsoni'' * '' Cecidophyes glaber'' * '' Cecidophyes gymnaspis'' * '' Cecidophyes lauri'' * '' Cecidophyes malifoliae'' * '' Cecidophyes monspessulani'' * '' Cecidophyes nudus'' * '' Cecidophyes potentillae'' * '' Cecidophyes psilocranus'' * '' Cecidophyes psilonotus'' * '' Cecidophyes quercialbae'' * '' Cecidophyes querciphagus'' * '' Cecidophyes reticulatus'' * ''Cecidophyes rouhollahi'', found on ''Galium aparine ''Galium aparine'', with common names including cleavers, clivers, catchweed and sticky willy among others, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae. Names ''Galium aparine'' is known by a varie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gall
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or warts in animals. They can be caused by various parasites, from viruses, fungi and bacteria, to other plants, insects and mites. Plant galls are often highly organized structures so that the cause of the gall can often be determined without the actual agent being identified. This applies particularly to some insect and mite plant galls. The study of plant galls is known as cecidology. In human pathology, a gall is a raised sore on the skin, usually caused by chafing or rubbing. Causes of plant galls Insects and mites Insect galls are the highly distinctive plant structures formed by some herbivorous insects as their own microhabitats. They are plant tissue which is controlled by the insect. Galls act as both the habitat a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galium Aparine
''Galium aparine'', with common names including cleavers, clivers, catchweed and sticky willy among others, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae. Names ''Galium aparine'' is known by a variety of common names in English. They include ''hitchhikers'', ''cleavers'', ''clivers'', ''bedstraw'', ''(small) goosegrass'' (not to be confused with other plants known as ''goosegrass''), ''catchweed'', ''stickyweed'', ''sticky bob'', ''stickybud'', ''stickyback'', ''sticky molly'', ''robin-run-the-hedge'', ''sticky willy'', ''sticky willow'', ''stickyjack'', ''stickeljack'', ''grip grass, sticky grass, bobby buttons, whippysticks'', and ''velcro plant''. ''Galium'' is Dioscorides’ name for the plant. It is derived from the Greek word for ‘milk’, because the flowers of '' Galium verum'' were used to curdle milk in cheese making.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 52, 174 ''Aparine'' is a name used b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galium Spurium
''Galium spurium'', the stickwilly or false cleavers, is a plant species of the Rubiaceae. It is widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa and Canada, and is naturalized in Australia. It is considered a noxious weed in many places. ''Galium spurium'' is an erect or reclining herb up to 50 cm tall. Stems are square in cross-section. Leaves are in whorls of 6–8, narrowly lanceolate. Flowers are in multi-flowered cymes or panicles, white or yellow-green. Subspecies Many varietal and subspecific names have been proposed, but at present (May 2014) only 3 are recognized: *''Galium spurium'' subsp. ''africanum'' Verdc. - mountains of tropical and southern Africa; also Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Socotra *''Galium spurium'' subsp. ''ibicinum'' (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Ehrend. - Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriophyidae
Eriophyidae is a family of more than 200 genera of mites, which live as plant parasites, commonly causing galls or other damage to the plant tissues and hence known as gall mites. About 3,600 species have been described, but this is probably less than 10% of the actual number existing in this poorly researched family. They are microscopic mites and are yellow to pinkish white to purplish in color. The mites are worm like, and have only two pairs of legs. Their primary method of population spread is by wind. They affect a wide range of plants, and several are major pest species causing substantial economic damage to crops. Some species, however, are used as biological agents to control weeds and invasive plant species. Notable species Notable species in this family include: *''Abacarus hystrix'', the cereal rust mite *'' Abacarus sacchari'', the sugarcane rust mite *'' Acalitus essigi'', the redberry mite, which affects blackberries *''Aceria chondrillae'', the chondrilla gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animals Described In 1999
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the echinoderms and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arachnids Of Asia
Arachnida () is a Class (biology), class of joint-legged invertebrate animals (arthropods), in the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, opiliones, harvestmen, Solifugae, camel spiders, Amblypygi, whip spiders and Thelyphonida, vinegaroons. Almost all adult arachnids have eight Arthropod leg, legs, although the front pair of legs in some species has converted to a sensory function, while in other species, different appendages can grow large enough to take on the appearance of extra pairs of legs. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek word (''aráchnē'', 'spider'), from the myth of the hubristic human weaver Arachne, who was turned into a spider. Almost all Extant taxon, extant arachnids are terrestrial animal, terrestrial, living mainly on land. However, some inhabit freshwater environments and, with the exception of the pelagic zone, marine environments as well. They comprise over 100,000 named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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