Abstract
Five new species of diptilomipid eriophyoid mites from China are described and illustrated: Rhyncaphytoptus longipalpis sp. nov. on Bambusa sp. (Gramineae); Rhyncaphytoptus taihangensis sp. nov. on Morus alba L.(Moraceae); Rhyncaphytoptus papyriferae sp. nov. on Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent. (Moraceae); Diptacus songxianensis sp. nov. on Ulmus sp.(Ulmaceae) and Trimeroptes luanchuanensis sp. nov. on Rubus sp. (Rosaceae). All species described here are vagrant on leaves.References
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