Two new species of Acaricalini (Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) associated with Schisandraceae and Thelypteridaceae from China

ABSTRACT

Two new species of the Tribe Acaricalini (Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from China’s Hubei and Guangxi Provinces are described and illustrated. They are Acaphyllisa illicii sp. nov. on Illicium lanceolatum A. C. Smith (Schisandraceae) (common name: Poisonous Eightangle) and Paracaphyllisa parasiticae sp. nov. on Thelypteris parasitica (L.) Tardieu (Thelypteridaceae). Both are vagrants causing no apparent damage to their host plants.

The new species Acaphyllisa illicii Xiao, Li, Chen, Zhang et Tan corresponds tohttp://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2C4DE6A5-EFF0-4446-A1E0-C45A7D6DAB91The new species Paracaphyllisa parasiticae Xiao, Li, Chen, Zhang et Tan corresponds tohttp://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:918EA486-9275-472D-AA0F-3B6C0F02A7A2

KEYWORDS:

• Paracaphyllisa
• Acaphyllisa
• Oriental region
• Eriophyoidea
• Taxonomy

Acknowledgments

This research was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 32000324), College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Project (Nanning Normal University, NO. 202110603072).

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant No. 32000324].