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Issue: Vol. 2452 No. 1: 12 May. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2452.1.4
Page range: 44–50
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus and three new species of Nothopodinae (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Guangxi, China

Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, Nanning, Guangxi 530002, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Plant Protection, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
Acari eriophyid mite taxonomy new species new genus China

Abstract

A new genus and three new species of eriophyid mites from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, South China are described and illustrated: Calliparus lanceolarus n. gen., n. sp. infesting Glochidion lanceolarium (Roxb.) Voigt (Euphorbiaceae); Colopodacus glochidion n. sp. infesting Glochidion sp. (Euphorbiaceae) and Neocosella laurifolia n. sp. infesting Genianthus laurifolius (Roxb.) Hook.f. (Asclepiadaceae). All species described here are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves.

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