In this paper, three new species of eriophyoid mites of the family Eriophyidae from South China are described and illustrated. They are: Stenacis cryptomerissp. nov. infesting Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. Ex L.f.) D.Don (Cupressaceae), Tetra guizhouensissp. nov. infesting Caesalpinia sp. (Leguminosae), and Nothopoda schimaesp. nov. infesting Schima superba Gardner & Champ. (Theaceae). All of these three new species are vagrants on lower leaf surface and causing no apparent damages to their host plants.
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21 June 2021
Three new species of the family Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from South China
Yan Wang,
Gang Yao,
Fengping Qin,
Guoquan Wang
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 26 • No. 6
June 2021
Vol. 26 • No. 6
June 2021
China
Eriophyidae
new species
Prostigmata
taxonomy