''Cecidophyes rouhollahi'' is a species of

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

in the genus '' Cecidophyes''. It is a plant parasite, or

gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or war ...

, found on cleaver (''

Galium aparine ''Galium aparine'', with common names including cleavers, clivers, catchweed, robin-run-the-hedge, goosegrass, and sticky willy, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae. Names ''Galium aparine'' is known by a variety of common n ...

'') and can be a potential biological control agent for false cleavers ('' Galium spurium''), which is a noxious weed in many places.A new species of Cecidophyes (Acari: Eriophyidae) from ''Galium aparine'' (Rubiaceae) with notes on its biology and potential as a biological control agent for ''Galium spurium''. Charnie Craemer, Rouhollah Sobhian, Alec S. McClay and James W. Amrine Jr., International Journal of Acarology, 1999, Volume 25, Issue 4, pages 255–263,

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External links

''Cecidophyes rouhollahi'' at faunaeur.org
Eriophyidae Animals described in 1999 Arachnids of Asia Arachnids of Europe {{Trombidiformes-stub