Eriophyoid mite fauna of Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Abstract

Prior to this research, 47 genera and 124 eriophyoid mite species have been known to occur in Shaanxi Province, north-western China. We described and illustrated herein five new species collected in Shaanxi Province. They are Proartacriscathayensis sp. nov. on Carya cathayensis Sarg. (Juglandaceae), Acaphyllisa changqingiensa sp. nov. on Salix sp. L. (Sal-icaceae), Tegonotus albus sp. nov. on Cornus alba L. (Cornaceae), Phyllocoptruta japonica sp. nov. on Lonicera japonicaThunb. (Caprifoliaceae), Anthocoptes albosinensis sp. nov. on Betula albosinensis Burkill (Betulaceae). At the same time,one new eriophyoid mite record from China is provided, Rhinotergum schestovici Petanovic, 1988, rec. nov. on Betulaalbosinensis Burkill (Betulaceae). A list of eriophyoid mites from Shaanxi Province is provided. All the new species and new record described herein are vagrants on respective host plants.

A checklist of eriophyoid mites of China (Acariformes: Eriophyoidea)

“…Trisetacus ehmanni Keifer, 1963; Xue & Hong, 2006: 8; Xue et al ., 2012b: 11; Xue et al ., 2013b: 10.…”

“…Trisetacus juniperinus (Nalepa, 1911); Kuang, 1995b: 26–27; Hong & Zhang, 1996: 6; Hong et al ., 2006: 230; Wei et al ., 2009c: 15–16; Xue et al ., 2012b: 11–12.…”

“…Setoptus koraiensis Kuang & Hong, 1995; Kuang, 1995b: 27–28; Hong & Zhang, 1996: 7; Xue & Hong, 2006: 8–9; Song et al ., 2008a: 8; Xue et al ., 2012b: 12; Xue et al ., 2013b: 14.…”

“…Bariella spinishieldis Xue, Wang, Song & Hong, 2009d: 12–15; Xue et al ., 2012b: 13; Xue et al ., 2013b: 14; Xie et al ., 2013: 42.…”

Eriophyoid mites (Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) associated with date palms: new record and a new species of the genusAcaphyllisafrom Saudi Arabia

“…Acaphyllisa Keifer 1978 (Eriophyidae) comprises 24 described species, collected either from conifers (Araucariaceae, Taxodiaceae) or from dicotyledonous host plants: 16 species were described originally from China, Taiwan and India (Asia) (Keifer 1954(Keifer , 1978Ghosh and Chakrabarti 1987;Huang 1991Huang , 2001aHuang , 2001bWang 2003, 2009;Xue and Hong 2006;Song et al 2008Song et al , 2011Xue et al 2009Xue et al , 2012Li et al 2012); five species from Denmark, Hungary, Guadeloupe Island and France (Europe) (Nalepa 1892(Nalepa , 1911Keifer 1978;Flechtmann and Etienne 2001;Ripka 2009); one species from Brazil (Flechtmann 2000) and one from the USA (Keifer 1961). Very little work on eriophyoid mites has been carried out in Saudi Arabia, with only a few species recently reported on fruit trees other than date palms (Martin 1972;Al-atawi and Halawa 2011).…”