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Issue: Vol. 1992 No. 1: 2 Feb. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-02-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1992.1.1
Page range: 1–19
Abstract views: 59
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One new genus and five new species of Rhyncaphytoptinae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae)

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 plant feeding taxonomy Jilin Province Shaanxi Province Guangdong Province

Abstract

One new genus and five new species of the Rhyncaphytoptinae (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae) from China are described and illustrated. They are Brevulacus jilinensis sp. nov. on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae), Cuihuacarus longituberis gen. nov. & sp. nov. on Cotoneaster sp. (Rosaceae), Rhinophytoptus sericeaomeiensis sp. nov. on Rosa sericea spp. omeiensis (Rosaceae), Rhinotergum shaoguanense sp. nov. on Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae) and Rhyncaphytoptus funali sp. nov. on Salix sp. (Salicaceae). All the eriophyoid mite species described here are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves.

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