A New Species of Leipothrix (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) on Dipsacus spp. in Europe and Reassignment of Two Epitrimerus spp. (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) to the Genus Leipothrix

Radmila U. Petanovic; Brian G. Rector

doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[157:ANSOLA]2.0.CO;2

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1 March 2007 A New Species of Leipothrix (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) on Dipsacus spp. in Europe and Reassignment of Two Epitrimerus spp. (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) to the Genus Leipothrix

Radmila U. Petanovic, Brian G. Rector

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Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 100(2):157-163 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[157:ANSOLA]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

A new species of eriophyid mite, Leipothrix dipsacivagus n. sp. (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae), collected from Dipsacus laciniatus L. (Dipsacaceae) and Dipsacus fullonum L. in Serbia, Bulgaria, and France, is described and illustrated. Differential diagnosis is provided in comparison with Leipothrix knautiae (Liro) n. comb., and Leipothrix succisae (Roivainen) n. comb., two species that also are proposed here for reassignment from the genus Epitrimerus Nalepa to the genus Leipothrix Keifer, within the family Eriophyidae. L. dipsacivagus n. sp. is being investigated as a candidate for biological control of invasive Dipsacus spp. in the United States.

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Radmila U. Petanovic and Brian G. Rector "A New Species of Leipothrix (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) on Dipsacus spp. in Europe and Reassignment of Two Epitrimerus spp. (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) to the Genus Leipothrix," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(2), 157-163, (1 March 2007). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[157:ANSOLA]2.0.CO;2

Received: 19 May 2006; Accepted: 1 November 2006; Published: 1 March 2007

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