Two New Species of the Genus Leipothrix Keifer, 1966 (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) From China

Meng-Chao Tan; Jenö Kontschán; Guo-Quan Wang

doi:10.1093/aesa/saw032

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1 June 2016 Two New Species of the Genus Leipothrix Keifer, 1966 (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) From China

Meng-Chao Tan, Jenö Kontschán, Guo-Quan Wang

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Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 109(4):663-668 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saw032

Abstract

Two new species of the genus LeipothrixKeifer, 1966 from China are described and illustrated. These species are Leipothrix pilosaesp. nov., from Bidens pilosa L. (Compositae), and Leipothrix sarcandraesp. nov., from Sarcandra glabra (Thunb.) Nakai (Chloranthaceae). Both the new species described herein were found to be vagrant on their host plants without visible damage symptoms observed.

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Meng-Chao Tan, Jenö Kontschán, and Guo-Quan Wang "Two New Species of the Genus Leipothrix Keifer, 1966 (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) From China," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 109(4), 663-668, (1 June 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saw032

Received: 25 December 2015; Accepted: 31 March 2016; Published: 1 June 2016

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