Nalepella

Nalepella
Nalepella danica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Phytoptidae
Genus: Nalepella
Keifer, 1944

Nalepella, the rust mites, is a genus of very small Trombidiform mites in the family Phytoptidae.[2][3] They are commonly found on a variety of conifers, including hemlock, spruce, balsam fir, and pine.[3][4][5][6] They sometimes infest Christmas trees in nurseries.[3][5] Nalepella mites are vagrants, meaning they circulate around the tree; females overwinter in bark cracks.[5][7] Infested spruce emit a characteristic odour.[8]

  1. ^ IRMNG (2021). Nalepella Keifer, 1944. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1386289 on 2023-02-27
  2. ^ "Nalepella Keifer, 1944". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  3. ^ a b c "Eriophyid Rust and Sheath Mites". PennState Extension. 21 Nov 2017.
  4. ^ Baker, Whiteford L. (Whiteford Lee) (1972). Eastern forest insects. National Agricultural Library U. S. Department of Agriculture. Washington : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service ; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
  5. ^ a b c "A new species of Nalepella Keifer (Acarina: Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) from Abies in Denmark". Acarologia. 42 (1). ISSN 0044-586X.
  6. ^ National Agricultural Library (U.S.); Library (U.S.), National Agricultural. Pesticides documentation bulletin. Vol. 4. Washington: National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, #c 1965-1969.
  7. ^ Baker, James (2022-02-25). "Nalepella tsugifoliae". Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  8. ^ Kännaste, Astrid; Vongvanich, Namphung; Borg-Karlson, Anna-Karin (2008-03-01). "Infestation by a Nalepella species induces emissions of α- and β-farnesenes, (−)-linalool and aromatic compounds in Norway spruce clones of different susceptibility to the large pine weevil". Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 2 (1): 31–41. doi:10.1007/s11829-008-9029-4. ISSN 1872-8847. S2CID 29705558.