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Type: Article
Published: 2010-06-30
Page range: 57–93
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Eriophyoidea of China: a review of progress, with a checklist

Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
eriophyoid mites history checklist new name new combination biology control China

Abstract

This paper reviews the taxonomic research on the superfamily Eriophyoidea in China, with an updated checklist of 932 species belonging to 3 families, 10 subfamilies, 15 tribes and 187 genera, including a new name and a new combination: Cosella yangmingshanis nom. nov. and Aceria celtis (Huang, 2001) comb. nov., respectively.  Hai-Yuan Kuang and his co-authors described 244 new species, Xiao-Yue Hong and his co-authors described 232 new species, Sui-Gai Wei and his co-authors described 122 new species, Jie-Liu Xin and his colleagues added 13 new species, Kun-Wei Huang and his colleagues described 229 new species from Taiwan, Tsan Huang, and his co-authors added 10 new species from Taiwan. Reports on the biology and control of the Eriophyoidea are relatively few in China, and these are briefly reviewed.