Two new genera, three new species and three new records of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) in China

Abstract

Two new genera, three new species and three new records of eriophyoid mites from China are described and illustrated: Medicavarus rhododendrus gen. nov. et sp. nov. from Rhododendron delavayi Franch. (Ericaceae); Rhycanonaequitas laevifolia gen. nov. et sp. nov. from Magnolia laevifolia (Y.W. Law & Y.F. Wu) Noot. (Magnoliaceae); Cosella quihouis sp. nov. on Ligustrum quihoui Carr. (Oleaceae); Rhombacus eucalypti Ghosh & Chakrabarti, 1987 rec. nov. on Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae); Keiferana neolitsiae (Channabasavanna, 1966) rec. nov. on Cinnamomum burmanni (Nees et T. Nees) Blume (Lauraceae); Petanovicia cathartica Zhao, Li & Wang, 2018 rec. nov. on Allamanda schottii Pohl (Apocynaceae).

Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Dabashan Nature Reserve, Chongqin City, China

“…The most obvious character of this genus Vittacus is: dorsal opisthosoma flat with transverse thickened bands; opisthosoma typically divided into broad dorsal annuli, and narrow, microtuberculate ventral annuli. At present, this genus has only 9 species worldwide (Abou-Awad & Nasr 1986;Abou-Awad & El-Banhawy 1991;Keifer 1969;Liu et al 2021;Ngubane-Ndhlovu et al 2022;Wei & Kuang 1997;Xue et al 2005Xue et al , 2010Xue et al , 2013 (Table 1).…”

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

“…Distribution: China (Guangxi). Petanovicia cathartica Zhao, Li & Wang, 2018 黄蝉佩氏瘿螨 Petanovicia catharticaZhao, Li & Wang, 2018: 2026-2031Liu et al, 2021 Liu et al, : 2153 Liu et al, -2156 Host: Allamanda schottii Pohl (Apocynaceae). Relation to host: Vagrant.…”