Abstract
Three new species of the genus Diptilomiopus from China's Hainan Island are described and illustrated. They are Diptilomiopus cochinchinensus sp. nov. on Cratoxylum cochinchinense (Lour.) Blume (Guttiferae), Diptilomiopus cayratus sp. nov. on Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep. (Vitaceae) and Diptilomiopus retusus sp. nov. on Fissistigma retusum (Lévl.) Rehd. (Annonaceae). All the new species described herein are vagrants on the respective host plant.
Acknowledgements
This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Science Fund, Grant Number 30600058). We thank Zi-Wei Song (Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences) and Zhen-Wang (Nanjing Agricultural University) for the collection of eriophyoid mites.