Three new species of the subfamily Diptilomiopinae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Laos

ABSTRACT

Three new species of the subfamily Diptilomiopinae Keifer (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae) from Laos are described and illustrated: Acarhis attapuica sp. nov. on Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr. (Sapindaceae), Diptilomiopus vientianensis sp. nov. on Symplocos sumuntia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don (Symplocaceae) and Diptilomiopus khammouanensis sp. nov. on Tectona grandis L.f. (Lamiaceae). All three new species are vagrants causing no apparent damage to their host plants.

The article corresponds tohttp://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:394BB724-BECF-4149-9C89-636192F54853

The new species Acarhis attapuica Qin, Zhao, Pan et Wang corresponds tohttp://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:74FB4AFD-24EA-4427-BFB0-DCB240EFAA5E

The new species Diptilomiopus vientianensis Qin, Zhao, Pan et Wang corresponds tohttp://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:865A510A-0701-4CCB-A066-5D7BF73F322D

The new species Diptilomiopus khammouanensis Qin, Zhao, Pan & Wang corresponds tohttp://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:75AFCDD6-AAD1-4F61-90C6-2A483DDE4838

KEYWORDS:

• Lamiaceae
• taxonomy
• oriental region
• Sapindaceae
• Symplocaceae

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Khamphoumee Phetsamone (Department of Agriculture and Agroforestry, Champasak Province, Laos) for kindly collecting the eriophyoid mites. We would also like to express our sincere thanks to the reviewers for their suggestions which improved the quality of the article.

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Funding

This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31872259] and GDAS Special Project of Science and Technology Development [No. 2020GDASYL-20200102021].