Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari, Eriophyoidea) associated with Lauraceae in China

By

Wang, Qiong
Han, Xiao
Xue, Xiao-Feng
Hong, Xiao-Yue

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

406

Pages

81-100

Subjects

Acari , plant feeding , Prostigmata , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.406.6897

 

Abstract

In this paper, three new species of eriophyoid mites in the family Eriophyidae associated with Phoebe hunanensis Hand.–Mazz. (Lauraceae), namely Gammaphytoptus striatilobus sp. n., Phyllocoptes setalsolenidion sp. n., and Dechela phoebe sp. n. are described and illustrated. All are vagrants causing no apparent damage to the same host plants.