Author = Alberto Acuña-Soto, Jesús
Number of Articles: 1
Acalitus kosahuatlus, a new species of eriophyid mite in central Mexico (Acari: Eriophyidae) and first report on the host plant Ipomoea wolcottiana (Convolvulaceae)
Volume 15, Issue 1, Winter 2026, Pages 1-8
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v15i1.86805
Jesús Alberto Acuña-Soto, Juan Manuel Vanegas-Rico, Pedro Enrique De la Torre Santana
Abstract Here we describe a new species of mite, Acalitus kosahuatlus Acuña-Soto & Vanegas-Rico sp. nov., from the family Eriophyidae, collected in the state of Morelos, Mexico. This species causes galls on the leaves of Ipomoea wolcottiana Rose (Convolvulaceae), and is the first eriophyoid mite species recorded on this host plant worldwide and the second Acalitus species found on the plants of genus Ipomoea.