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Issue: Vol. 2666 No. 1: 3 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2666.1.2
Page range: 29–44
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Five new species of Anthocoptini from China (Acari: Eriophyidae)

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
Acari Eriophyoidea taxonomy new species Shaanxi Province Guangdong Province

Abstract

Five new species in the tribe Anthocoptini of the Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China are described and illustrated. They are Vittacus shaoguanicus sp. nov. on Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masam. (Boraginaceae), Vittacus cornusis sp. nov. on Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc. (Cornaceae), Aculops buddlejaes sp. nov. on Buddleja lindleyana Fort. (Buddlejaceae ), Aculodes tsukushiensis sp. nov. on Elymus tsukushiensis Honda var. transiens (Hack.) Osad (Poaceae) and Tegolophus spathaceae sp. nov. on Fargesia spathacea Franch. (Poaceae, Bambuseae). All the new species described herein are vagrants on the respective host plant.

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