Two new species of grass-feeding eriophyid mites collected in northern Europe are described. Aceria arenariae sp. nov., inhabiting European beachgrass, Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link, was found in Denmark. Aculochetus blaszaki sp. nov. inhabiting purple moorgrass, Molinia coerulea (L.) Moench was found in Finland. New locality and host records for Abacarus hystrix (Nalepa, 1896) and Aculodes mckenziei (Keifer, 1944) are also given.
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1 June 2008
New Species and New Records of Eriophyoid Mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) from Grasses
Anna Skoracka,
Mariusz Lewandowski,
Jan Boczek
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Aceria arenariae
Aculochetus blaszaki
Denmark
Eriophyoidea
Finland
Poaceae
taxonomy