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Issue: Vol. 2205 No. 1: 21 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2205.1.4
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 60
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Three new species of Phyllocoptinae (Acari: Eriophyidae) from South China

College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, China Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, Nanning, Guangxi 530001, China
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, China
Acari taxonomy eriophyid mite Calacarus Tetra China

Abstract

Three new species of eriophyid mites from Longlin and Heng Counties, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, South China are described and illustrated: Calacarus cinerascens sp. nov. infesting Cipadessa cinerascens (Pellegr.) Hand.Mazz. (Meliaceae); Calacarus smilax sp. nov. infesting Smilax sp. (Liliaceae) and Tetra guangxiensis sp. nov. infesting Derris sp. (Leguminosae).

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