Abstract
Four new species of diptilomiopid eriophyoid mites from China are described and illustrated: Trimeroptes quercus sp. nov. on Quercus glauca Thunb. (Fagaceae); Diptacus luanchuanensis sp. nov. on Carpinus turczaninowii Hance (Betulaceae); Diptacus persicae sp. nov. on Prunus persica (L.) Batsch (Rosaceae) and P. davidiana (Carrière.) Franch. (Rosaceae), and Diptacus platyphyllae sp. nov. on Betula platyphylla Suk. (Betulaceae). All species described here were found as vagrants on leaf surface. No damage to the host was observed. All type specimens are deposited at the Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China.References
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