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Issue: Vol. 3085 No. 1: 31 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3085.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of eriophyoid mite (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) on Leucadendron argenteum (L.) R. Br. from South Africa

The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom
Acari Eriophyoidea taxonomy key Aceria kuko Aculops fuchsiae

Abstract

A new vagrant eriophyoid mite species, collected from plant material imported into the United Kingdom, is described and illustrated: Aceria argentae n. sp. found on Leucadendron argenteum (L.) R. Br. (Proteaceae) from South Africa. A review of the eriophyoid mite species known from plants in the Proteaceae is also provided and recent findings of non-native eriophyoid mites in the United Kingdom are discussed.

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