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Issue: Vol. 1141 No. 1: 8 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1141.1.3
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 3

Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Trochodendron aralioides (Trochodendraceae) from Taiwan

Department of Zoology, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung 404, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Acari New species eriophyoid mite Taiwan Trochodendraceae

Abstract

In this work, three new species of vagrant mites on Trochodendron aralioides in Taiwan are described and illustrated. They are: Sierraphytoptus taiwanensus sp. nov., Abacarus aralioidus sp. nov. and Diptilomiopus aralioidus sp. nov.

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