Species
Aculus tetanothrix (Willow bead gall mite)
Aculus tetanothrix. Photo: (c) Krissa Klein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Aculus tetanothrix is a species of mite which causes galls on the leaves of willows (Salix species). It was first described by Alfred Nalepa in 1889.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subclass: Acari (Mites and ticks)
- Superorder: Acariformes
- Order: Sarcoptiformes
- Suborder: Endeostigmata (Endeostigmatan mites)
- Superfamily: Eriophyoidea
- Family: Eriophyidae (Gall and rust mites)
- Subfamily: Phyllocoptinae
- Tribe: Anthocoptini
- Genus: Aculus
- Species: Aculus tetanothrix (Willow bead gall mite)
- Genus: Aculus
- Tribe: Anthocoptini
- Subfamily: Phyllocoptinae
- Family: Eriophyidae (Gall and rust mites)
- Superfamily: Eriophyoidea
- Suborder: Endeostigmata (Endeostigmatan mites)
- Order: Sarcoptiformes
- Superorder: Acariformes
- Subclass: Acari (Mites and ticks)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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