Eriophyoid mites (Acari, Eriophyoidea) associated with tea plants, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species

By

Han, Xiao
Zuo, Yun
Xue, Xiao-Feng
Hong, Xiao-Yue

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

534

Pages

1-16

Subjects

Camellia spp , China , Prostigmata , taxonomy , Theaceae , Yunnan Province

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.534.5961

 

Abstract

A new genus and two new species of mites in the family Eriophyidae, Theaphyes rapaneae gen. n. and sp. n. which is found on the type host Rapanea neriifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) Mez (Myrsinaceae) and Paracaphyllisa theacea sp. n., are described and illustrated. They are vagrants on the tea plant Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze and no apparent symptoms were detected. A key to the eriophyoid mites including thirteen species associated with tea plants all over the world is provided.