Acalitus plicans
| Acalitus plicans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Family: | Eriophyidae |
| Genus: | Acalitus |
| Species: | A. plicans
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| Binomial name | |
| Acalitus plicans (Nalepa, 1917)
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Acalitus plicans is an eriophyid mite which causes galls on beech (Fagus sylvatica). It is found in Europe and was first described by the Austrian zoologist Alfred Nalepa in 1917.