EVOLUTIONARY PLACTICITY OF HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ORGANISMS: EVOLUTION OF ERIOPHYOID MITES (ACARIFORMES: ERIOPHYOIDEA) ON PLANTS
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Eriophyoids are highly specialized plant-feeding acarifom mites. As a result of miniaturization and adaptation to phytoparasitism they lacked III and IV pairs of legs and acquired elongated vermiform body, unique structure of gnathosoma and peculiar anatomy. Despite the high degree of specialization eriophyoid mites demonstrate remarkable evolutionary plasticity which manifests itself in numerous morphoilogical reversia, parallelisms and modifications associated with occupying of a variety of niches, processes of gall formation, transitions to new groups of hosts and various adaptations to climate change.
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Chetverikov, P. (2015). EVOLUTIONARY PLACTICITY OF HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ORGANISMS: EVOLUTION OF ERIOPHYOID MITES (ACARIFORMES: ERIOPHYOIDEA) ON PLANTS. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 20, 151-161. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.44649
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Skoracka, A., Smith, L., Oldfield, G., Cristofaro, M., Amrine, J.W., 2010. Host-plant specificity and specialization in eriophyoid mites and their importance for the use of eriophyoid mites as biocontrol agents of weeds. Exp Appl Acarol, Vol. 51, pp. 93–113.
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Sukhareva, S.I., Chetverikov, P.E., 2013. Morphological transformations in the course of transition from protogyne to deutogene form of female in eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea). Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, 3(1), pp. 3-15. [in Russian]
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Bagnjuk, I.G., Sukhareva, S.I., Shevchenko, V.G., 1995. Analysis of the genus Trisetacus Keifer as a key of the family Nalepellidae Roiv. (Acari, Tetrapodili). Acarina. Vol. 3, pp. 31–65.
Bagnjuk, I.G., Sukhareva, S.I., Shevchenko, V.G., 1998. Major trends in the evolution of four-legged mites as a specialized group (using families Pentasetacidae Shev., Nalepellidae Roiv. and Phytoptidae Murray (Acari: Tetrapodili) as examples). Acarina, Vol. 6(1–2), pp. 59–76.
Boczek, J., Shevchenko, V.G., 1996. Ancient associations: eriophyoid mites on Gymnosperms. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 217–224.
Chetverikov, P.E., 2004. Some peculiarities of morphology and biology of eriophyoid mite Novophytoptus rostratae Roivainen, 1947 from sedges (Cyperaceae). Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Vol. 3(3), pp. 8-17. [in Russian]
Chetverikov, P., Beaulieu, F., Cvrkovic, T., Vidović, B., Petanović, R., 2012a. Oziella sibirica (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae), a new eriophyoid mite species described using confocal microscopy and COI barcoding. Zootaxa, Vol. 3560. pp. 41–60.
Chetverikov, P., Cvrković, T., Vidović, B., Petanović, R., 2012b. Phylogenetic study of Phytoptidae (Acari, Eriophyoidea) based on mitochondrial COI sequence strongly support the division of the genus Phytoptus into two groups. Abstr. 7th symp. EURopean Association of Acarologists. Vienna, pp. 80.
Chetverikov, P.E., Cvrković, T., Vidović, B., Petanović, R.U., 2013. Description of a new relict eriophyoidmite, Loboquintus subsquamatus n. gen. & n. sp. (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae, Pentasetacini) based on confocalmicroscopy, SEM, COI barcoding and novel CLSM anatomy of internal genitalia. Expand App Acarol, Vol. 61(1), pp. 1–30. doi 10.1007/s10493-013-9685-7.
Chetverikov, P.E., Cvrković, T., Makunin, A., Sukhareva, S., Vidović, B. and Petanović, R. (2014) Basal divergence of Eriophyoidea (Acariformes, Eupodina) inferred from combined partial COI and 28S gene sequences and CLSM comparative genital anatomy. Abstract book, XIV International Congress of Acarology, 13-18th, July, 2014, Kyoto, Japan, p. 62.
Chetverikov, P.E., Sukhareva, S.I., 2007. Supplementary descriptions and biological notes on eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) of the genus Novophytoptus Roivainen, 1947. Acarina, Vol. 15(1), pp. 261–268.
Chetverikov, P.E., Sukhareva S.I., 2009. A revision of the genus Sierraphytoptus Keifer 1939 (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae). Zootaxa, Vol. 2309, pp. 30–42.
De Lillo, E., Monfreda, R., 2004. 'Salivary secretions' of eriophyoids (Acari: Eriophyoidea): first results of an experimental model. Exp Appl Acarol, Vol. 34(3–4), pp. 291–306.
Flechtmann, C.H.W., 2001. Aberoptus cerostructor n. sp., a deuterogynous species from Brazil (Acari: Eriophyidae) Int J Acarol, Vol. 27(3), pp. 199–204.
Flechtmann, C.H.W., 2004. Eriophyid mites (Acari, Eriophyoidea) from Brazilian sedges (Cyperaceae). Int J Acarol, Vol. 30(2), pp. 157–164.
Gerson, U., 1996. Secondary associations: eriophyoid mites on ferns. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 227–230
Grant, V., 1985. The evolutionary process. Moscow, Myr, 488 p. [in Russian]
Keifer, H.H., 1940. Eriophyid studies IX. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture of State of California. Vol. 29, pp. 112–117.
Keifer, H.H., 1942. Eriophyid studies XII. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture of State of California, Vol. 31 (3), pp. 117-129.
Li, H.S., Xue, X.F., & Hong, X.Y., 2014. Homoplastic evolution and host association of Eriophyoidea (Acari, Prostigmata) conflict with the morphological-based taxonomic system. Mol Phy Evol, Vol. 78, pp. 185–198.
Lindquist, E.E., 1996a. External anatomy and notation of structures. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 3–31.
Lindquist, E.E., 1996b. Phylogenetic relationships. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 301–327.
Manson, D.C.M. and Gerson U., 1996 Chapter 1.4.8. Web spinning, wax secretion and liquid secretion by eriophyoid mites. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 251–257.
Manson, D.C.M. and Oldfield, G.N., 1996. Chapter 1.4.1. Life forms, deuterogyny, diapause and seasonal development. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 173–184.
McCoy, C.W., 1996. Chapter 2.4. Pathogens of eriophyoid mites. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 481–490.
Miller, A.D., Skoracka, A., Navia, D., Santos de Mendonca, R., Szydło, W., Schultz, M.B, Smith, M.C., Truol, G., Hoffmann, A.A., 2013. Phylogenetic analyses reveal extensive cryptic speciation and host specialization in an economically important mite taxon. Mol Phy Evol, Vol. 66, pp. 928–940.
Nuzzaci, G., Alberti, G., 1996. Chapter 1.2. Internal anatomy and physiology. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 101–150.
Oldfield, G.N., Proeseler, G., 1996. Chaper 1.4.9. Eriophyoid mites as vectors of plant pathogens. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 259–276.
Ozman, S.K., 2000. Some biological and morphological differences between gall and vagrant forms of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. (Acari: Phytoptidae). Int J Acarol, Vol. 26(3), pp. 215–219.
Perring, T.M, McMurty, J.A., 1996. Chapter 2.3. Other predatory arthropods. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 477–479.
Petanović, R., Kielkiewicz M., 2010. Plant-eriophyoid mite interactions: specific and unspecific morphological alterations. Partt II. Exp ApplAcarol, Vol. 51, pp. 81–91.
Polilov A.A., 2012. The smallest insects evolve anucleate neurons. Arthropod Struct Dev, Vol. 41(1), pp. 29–34.
Polilov A.A., Beutel R.G., 2010. Developmental stages of the hooded beetle Sericoderus lateralis (Coleoptera: Corylophidae) with comments on the phylogenetic position and effects of miniaturization. Arthropod Struct Dev, Vol. 39(1), pp. 52–69.
Sabelis, M.W. and Bruin, J., 1996. Chapter 1.5.3. Evolutionary ecology: life history patterns, food plant choice and dispersal. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 329–366.
Sabelis, M.W., 1996. Chapter 2.1. Phytoseiidae. In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 427–455.
Schmidt, A.R., Janckeb, S., Lindquist, E.E., Ragazzid, E., Roghie, G., Nascimbenef, P.C., Schmidt, K., Wapplerh, T., Grimaldi, D.A., 2012. Arthropods in amber from the Triassic period. PNAS, Vol. 109(37), pp. 14796–14801.
Severtzov, A.S., 2005. Theory of evolution. Moscow, Vlados. 380 pp. [in Russian]
Shmalghauzen, I.I., 1939. Ways and rules of the evolutionary process. Moscow – Saint-Petersburg, Izdatelstvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 232 pp. [in Russian]
Sidorchuk, E. A., Schmidt, A. R., Ragazzi, E., Roghi, G., & Lindquist, E. E., 2014. Plant-feeding mite diversity in Triassic amber (Acari: Tetrapodili). J Sys Palaeontol, DOI:10.1080/14772019.2013.867373
Silvere, A.-P., Shtein-Margolina, V., 1976. Tetrapodili – chetyrekhnogie kleschi. Tallin, Valgus, 164 pp.
Skoracka, A., Kuczynski L., de Mendonca, R., Dabert, M., Szydło, W., Knihinicki, D., Truol, G., Navia, D., 2012. Cryptic species within the wheat curl mite Aceria tosichella (Keifer) (Acari, Eriophyoidea) revealed by mitochondrial, nuclear and morphometric data. Invertebr Syst, Vol. 26, pp. 417–433.
Skoracka, A., Smith, L., Oldfield, G., Cristofaro, M., Amrine, J.W., 2010. Host-plant specificity and specialization in eriophyoid mites and their importance for the use of eriophyoid mites as biocontrol agents of weeds. Exp Appl Acarol, Vol. 51, pp. 93–113.
Sukhareva, S.I., 1992. Four-legged Mites from Grasses. SPb: Saint-Petersburg State Univ. Press. 232 p.
Sukhareva, S.I., 1994. Family Phytoptidae Murray, 1877 (Acari: Tetrapodili), its consisting, structure and suggested ways of evolution. Acarina, Vol. 2(1–2), pp. 47–72.
Sukhareva, S.I., Chetverikov, P.E., 2010. Obituary Professor Valeriy Shevchenko (1929–2010). Acarologia, Vol. 50(2), pp. 147–149.
Sukhareva, S.I., Chetverikov, P.E., 2013. Morphological transformations in the course of transition from protogyne to deutogene form of female in eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea). Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, 3(1), pp. 3-15. [in Russian]
Thistlewood, H.M.A., Clements, D.R., Harmsen, R., 1996. Chapter 2.2. Stigmaeidae In: Lindquist, E.E., Sabelis, M.W., Bruin, J. (eds): World Crop Pests. Eriophyoid Mites their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol.6. Amsterdam. Elsevier, pp. 457–470.
Vidović, B., Petanović, R., Stanisavljević, L., 2008. Morphological variation of Aceria spp. (Acari: Eriophyoidea) inhabiting Cirsium species (Asteraceae) in Serbia. Integrative Acarology, Proc. 6th European Congress, European Association of Acarologists. Montpellier. pp. 331–339.
Walter, D.E., Lindquist, E.E., Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R., Krantz, G.W., 2009. Order Trombidiformes. In: Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds.): A Manual of Acarology, 3rd Edition. Texas Technical Univ. Press. pp. 233–421.