A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Diptilomiopinae (Acari: Diptilomiopidae) from China's Hainan Island are described and illustrated. They are Dividilobus parvifolius gen. nov. and sp. nov. on Gnetum parvifolium (Warb.) C. Y. Cheng (Gnetaceae) and Vimola samarangensis sp. nov. on Syzygium samarangense(Blume.) Merr. et Perry (Myrtaceae). Both of the two new species are vagrant on leaf lower surface. No damage to the host was observed. A key to species of Vimola is provided.
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10 August 2017
A new genus and two new species of diptilomiopid mites (Acari: Diptilomiopidae) from Hainan Province, China
Xing-Quan Xu,
Xiao-Feng Xue
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