A new genus and four new species of Eriophyidae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)
Xiao-Hui Gu; Juan Yang; Meng-Chao Tan; Guo-Quan Wang
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2015-01-24
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2015-01-24
Abstract
One new genus and four new species of eriophyoid mitesfromHainan,Chinaare described and illustratedin this paper: Dicoxiseta Wang, Tan& Yang, gen. nov., D. litsea Wang, Tan & Yang, sp. nov. infesting Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers. (Lauraceae), Eriophyes casearius Wang, Yang &Tan, sp. nov. infesting Casearia glomerata Roxb.(Flacourtiaceae), Phyllocoptruta alstonia Wang, Gu & Tan, sp. nov. infesting Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. (Apocynaceae) and Aculus paederius Wang,Gu & Tan, sp. nov. infesting Paederia scandens (Lour.) Merr.(Rubiaceae). Tegolophus artocarpi Keifer,1977 is newly recorded fromChina. E. casearius Wang, Yang & Tan, sp. nov. distorts severely new foliageof its host plant. Three species, P.alstonia Wang, Gu & Tan, sp.nov., A. paederius Wang, Gu &Tan, sp. nov. and T. artocarpi, cause rust on theundersurfaces of host plants, while D.litsea Wang, Tan & Yang, sp.nov. is a vagrant on the undersurface of host plant leaves, without visiblesymptom.
Xiao-Hui Gu; Juan Yang; Meng-Chao Tan; Guo-Quan Wang.
A new genus and four new species of Eriophyidae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea). Zoological Systematics. 2015, 40(1): 41-52 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.20150103
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