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Issue: Vol. 1067 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1067.1.2
Page range: 37-48
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 4

Five new species of the genus Tetra Keifer (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China

Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Acari eriophyid mites Eriophyidae Phyllocoptinae key Henan and Jiangsu Provinces

Abstract

In this paper, five new species of the genus Tetra from China are described and illustrated. They are: Tetra suspensae n. sp. on Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl; Tetra lobatae n. sp. on Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi; Tetra japonicae n. sp. on Sophora japonica L.; Tetra formosae n. sp. on Lespedeza formosa (Vog.) Koehne and Tetra lycopersici n. sp. on Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. A key to the species of Tetra from China is provided.

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