Confocal Microscopy and Molecular Analyses Reveal Anal Secretory Apparatus in Immatures and Recover Transcontinental Clade of Gall Mites (Eriophyoidea) from Tamarisks
Journal: Forests
Year: 2024

Tamarisk is an invasive evergreen shrub native to arid regions of Africa and Eurasia and is considered a weed in some countries with dry climates. The complex of gall mites from tamarisks includes fourteen species from four genera of the family Eriophyidae. We reinvestigated the type species of the genus Dicruvasates, D. tamaricis from Egypt, described D. ngubani n. sp. from Tamarix usneoides from South Africa, and revised the generic concept of Dicruvasates. This genus possesses cuticular plate