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Issue: Vol. 1520 No. 1: 5 Jul. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1520.1.5
Page range: 57–68
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Four new species and a new name in the genus Rhyncaphytoptus Keifer(Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae) from China

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 Rhyncaphytoptinae key host association taxonomy

Abstract

Four new species in the genus Rhyncaphytoptus Keifer from China are described and illustrated, namely R. longyuwanis sp. nov. on Toxicodendron sp. (Anacardiaceae); R. tiliarium sp. nov. on Tilia sp. (Tiliaceae); R. guanegounis sp. nov. on Lonicera sp. (Caprifoliaceae); and R. yilisis sp. nov. on Betula platyphylla Suk. (Betulaceae).  A new replacement name, Rhyncaphytoputs ulmiss is provided for the junior homonym R. ulmi (Lin & Kuang) on Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae). All species described here are vagrant on the undersurface of host leaves. A key to the species of Rhyncaphytoptus in China is provided.

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