Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari, Eriophyoidea) associated with Lauraceae in China.
In this paper, three new species of eriophyoid mites in the family Eriophyidae associated with Phoebe hunanensis Hand.-Mazz. (Lauraceae), namely Gammaphytoptus striatilobus sp. n., Phyllocoptes setalsolenidion sp. n., and Dechela phoebe sp. n. are described and illustrated. All are vagrants causing no apparent damage to the same host plants.
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
Qiong
Q
Wang
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
Xiao
X
Han
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
Xiao-Feng
XF
Xue
Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
Xiao-Yue
XY
Hong
Acari; Prostigmata; plant feeding; taxonomy