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Adventive eriophyoid mites: a global review of their impact, pathways, prevention and challenges

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Eriophyoids have high potential as adventive mite species (AMS) because their small size make them difficult to detect, and can be easily distributed in world trade. Economic, social and environmental impact from adventive eriophyoid mites has been significant. Considerable attention has been given to adventive insect species while adventive mites have received little attention and little information is available for eriophyoids. This paper summarizes information on adventive eriophyoid mites, their impact, and the history of some important invasions. The status of adventive species of eriophyoids introduced as biological control agents of weeds is presented. A list of eriophyoid mites reported as invasive species worldwide is given. Pathways of concern and biosecurity actions to reduce the risk of eriophyoid mites are discussed. The need to raise public awareness of the risk and importance of these tiny organisms as AMS is emphasized. Scientific and technical challenges to deal with adventive eriophyoids are discussed.

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We thank Drs. Greg Evans (APHIS-USDA), Gary Miller (USDA-SEL), Jim Amrine (University of West Virginia) and Eddie Ueckermann (Agricultural Research Council, South Africa) for review and helpful comments on the manuscript. To Dr. Lincoln Smith for valuable suggestions and revision of the text related to the potential of weed control eriophyoids as adventive species. To Dr. Gary Bauchan and Mr. Eric Erbe, USDA-ECMU kindly provided for the low temperature scanning electron microscope photos of several species of Eriophyidae. To Peter Touhey and Geoff White (USDA) supplied species list data for the USA. To CNPq for the research fellowship to the first author.

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    Denise Navia

  2. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA

    Ronald Ochoa

  3. Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department Agriculture & Consumer Services, P.O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL, 32614-7100, USA

    Cal Welbourn

  4. Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain

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Navia, D., Ochoa, R., Welbourn, C. et al. Adventive eriophyoid mites: a global review of their impact, pathways, prevention and challenges. Exp Appl Acarol 51, 225–255 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-009-9327-2

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