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Issue: Vol. 2828 No. 1: 21 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2828.1.3
Page range: 38–50
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from Montenegro

Republic Extension Service, Biotechnical Institute, University of Montenegro, Trg Kralja Nikole bb, Podgorica, Montenegro
Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia
Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia
Acari Eriophyoidea Eriophyidae Phytoptidae new species taxonomy Montenegro

Abstract

Three new species of eriophyoid mites from Montenegro are described and illustrated. The first, Phytoptus alchemillae n. sp. (Phytoptidae), is found on the basic rosette of leaves of Alchemilla hoppeana (Rchb.) D. Torre, aggr. (Rosaceae). The second species, Leipothrix menthae n. sp. (Eriophyidae), is located on the undersurface of Mentha piperita L. (Lamiaceae) leaves and the third species, Aculus blagayanae n. sp. (Eriophyidae), inhabits the receptacles of the subendemic plant species, Daphne blagayana Frey. (Thymelaeaceae). All three species are vagrants, causing no visible damage to their plant host.

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