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Issue: Vol. 3037 No. 1: 21 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3037.1.6
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

A new eriophyoid mite species infesting Schefflera odorata (Araliaceae) in Yunnan Province, southwestern China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Acari Calepitrimerus kunmingensis new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new mite species belonging to the Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Kunming, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, is described and illustrated. Calepitrimerus kunmingensis sp. nov. causes erineum on its host plant, Schefflera odorata (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe (Araliaceae), commonly known as the umbrella tree.

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