One new genus and two new species of Tegonotini (Acari: Eriophyidae) associated to Malvaceae from South China

ABSTRACT

One new genus and two new species of eriophyoid mites in the tribe Tegonotini from Hainan Island in southern China are described and illustrated. They are: Convexmitrata asperae gen. nov. & sp. nov. found on Byttneria aspera Collebr. ex Wall. (Malvaceae) and Parategonotus hospitae sp. nov. associated with Kleinhovia hospita L. (Malvaceae). Both new species are vagrants on their respective host plants and symptoms were not observed.

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KEYWORDS:

• Eriophyoidea
• Tegonotini
• taxonomy
• Phyllocoptinae
• Oriental China

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Prof. Zhong-Hui Ma (College of Agriculture, Guangxi University) for identifying the host plants. This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31560603, 31872259), the Oping Foundation of Key Laboratory of Environment Chang and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf Ministry of Education (Nanning Normal University) and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Intelligent Simulation (Nanning Normal University) (NO. GTEU-KLOP-X1816).

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Funding

This work was supported by the The National Natural Science Foundation of China [31560603, 31872259]; the Oping Foundation of Key Laboratory of Environment Chang and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf Ministry of Education (Nanning Normal University) and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Intelligent Simulation (Nanning Normal University) [GTEU-KLOP-X1816].