A new Leipothrix (Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) infesting Actinidia fruit trees in Jilin province, Northeastern China

ABSTRACT

A new mite species belonging to Eriophyidae (Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) from Jilin Province, northeastern China, is described and illustrated. Leipothrix argutae sp. nov. causes rust on its host plant, Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. (Actinidiaceae), commonly known as hardy kiwi fruit. Protogyne and deutogyne morphs were found and described.

KEYWORDS:

• Taxonomy
• rust mite
• deuterogynous
• Asia
• hardy kiwi

Acknowledgments

We thank Professor Xiao-Feng Xue of the Department of Plant Protection at Nanjing Agricultural University for helping identify the specimens. We also thank Xue Zhang of College of Plant Protection at Jilin Agricultural University for early review of the manuscript. We wish to thank the editor Dr Ashley Dowling and the reviewer Dr Enrico de Lillo for their help in processing the manuscript.

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Correction Statement

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Funding

This research was funded by the 2019 College students innovative entrepreneurial training plan of Jilin Agricultural University (Study on mite taxonomy in Northeast China) and National Key Research and Development Project (2017YFD0201804, 2017YFD0201804–5).