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2015 , Vol. 40 >Issue 1: 41 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.20150103

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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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Agricultural College, Guangxi University

Online published: 2015-01-24

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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.

Key words： Eriophyidae; new genus; new species; South China

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Xiao-Hui Gu , Juan Yang , Meng-Chao Tan , Guo-Quan Wang . A new genus and four new species of Eriophyidae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2015 , 40(1) : 41 -52 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.20150103

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