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Abstract
One new genus and three new species of the tribe Tegonotini (Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from China are described and illustrated: Neoabsentophyes irregularis gen. nov. and sp. nov. infesting Lyonia sp. (Ericaceae), Neoabsentophyes lyoniae sp. nov. infesting Lyonia sp. (Ericaceae) and Gongella betula sp. nov. infesting Betula utilis Don. (Betulaceae). All species described here are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves. A key to the genera of Tegonotini from China is provided.
Acknowledgements
The authors sincerely thank the reviewers for their valuable remarks. We would like to thank Prof. Hua Li (College of Agriculture, Guangxi University) for identifying the host plants. This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 31160431) and the Guangxi Special Invited Scientist Program in Agric-Environment and Agric-products Safety (grant number 2013B015).
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Funding
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 31160431].