Abstract
In this paper, eight new species of the genus Aculus Keifer from China are described and illustrated, namely Aculus amurens sp. nov. on Tilia amurensis Rupr. (Tiliaceae); Aculus asteri sp. nov. on Aster tataricus L. f. (Compositae); Aculus changbais sp. nov. on Salix gracilistyla Miq. (Salicaceae); Aculus cuihuae sp. nov. on Ribes sp. (Saxifragaceae); Aculus eupteleae sp. nov. on Euptelea pleiospermum Hook. f. et Thoms. (Trochodendraceae); Aculus rumexis sp. nov. on Rumex acetosa L. (Polygonaceae); Aculus jingbois sp. nov. on Prunus tomentosa Thunb. (Rosaceae); Aculus toxicodendri sp. nov. on Toxicodendron sp. (Anacardiaceae). A key to the Chinese Aculus species is provided. The eriophyoid mite species described here are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves.References
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