Four new Aceria species (Acari: Trombidiformis: Eriophyidae) on Acacia nilotica from Egypt
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Four new Aceria species of eriophyoid mites found in Egypt are described and illustrated. They are Aceria aegyptiacacia
sp. nov., A. metwallii sp. nov., A. awadi sp. nov. and A. saidi sp. nov. collected from leaf galls of Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile
(Leguminosae). The eriophyid mite species described here form red galls on the leaves. These species were compared with
other species collected from Acacia plants
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Elhalawany, A.S. & Ueckermann, E.A. 2015. Four new Aceria species (Acari: Trombidiformis: Eriophyidae) on Acacia nilotica from Egypt. International journal of acarology, 41(4):272-282. [https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2015.1035320]