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Issue: Vol. 4020 No. 2: 22 Sept. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.6
Page range: 335–356
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 2

Descriptions of five new eriophyoid mite species of the Diptilomiopidae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) from Zhejiang Province, China

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
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Acari Prostigmata taxonomy Tianmu Mountain Qingliang Mountain

Abstract

Five new eriophyoid mite species from Zhejiang Province, China are described and illustrated: Diptacus coreanus sp. nov. from Litsea coreana H. Lév. (Lauraceae), Neorhynacus camphoratus sp. nov. from Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl (Lauraceae),  Rhinotergum boehmerius sp. nov. from Boehmeria gracilis C.H. Wright (Urticaceae), Rhyncaphytoptus cathayensis sp. nov from Carya cathayensis Sarg. (Juglandaceae) and Rhyncaphytoptus lanceolatus sp. nov. from Cunnighamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook (Cupressaceae). All species were vagrant on their host plants with no visible damage observed.