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Issue: Vol. 2140 No. 1: 24 Jun. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-06-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2140.1.2
Page range: 16–26
Abstract views: 43
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Eriophyoid mites from Hainan Province, China I: Descriptions of three new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China Department of Teaching Affairs, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, China
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Acari plant feeding taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of eriophyoid mites from China’s Hainan Island are described and illustrated. They are Epitrimerus danzhouicus sp. nov. on Ficus gibbosa (Moraceae), Epitrimerus dioscoreaepersimilis sp. nov. on Dioscorea persimilis (Dioscoreaceae), Tegolophus liangyuanicus sp. nov. on Litchi chinensis (Sapindaceae). All the eriophyoid mite species described here are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves.

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