Five new species of Phyllocoptes from China (Acari: Eriophyidae)

Abstract

In this paper, five new species of Phyllocoptes from China are described and illustrated, namely Phyllocoptes cuihuashani n. sp. on Thalictrum sp. (Ranunculaceae), Phyllocoptes changbaiensis n. sp. on Crataegus maximowiczii (Rosaceae), Phyllocoptes mingyuiensis n. sp. on Cotoneaster sp. (Rosaceae), Phyllocoptes mollissimae n. sp. on Castanea mollissima (Fagaceae), Phyllocoptes taihuaiensis n. sp. on Armeniaca mume (Rosaceae). The eriophyoid mite species described herein are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves. A key to the species of Phyllocoptes from China is provided.

Keywords:

• Acari
• Eriophyoidea
• Eriophyidae
• eriophyoid mites
• Phyllocoptes
• new species
• China

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Science Fund, Grant No. 30600058). We thank Professor Sheng Qiang of the Department of Botany, Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU) for identifying host plants, and Mr. Zhen Wang of the Department of Entomology, NJAU, Jiangsu Province, China for his kind assistance with the research.