New Asian phyllocoptines (Eriophyidae, Phyllocoptinae): descriptions of Namengia latifloris gen. nov. & sp. nov. (Acaricalini) and Petanovicia cathartica sp. nov. (Phyllocoptini) from Northwest Laos

Yeyun Zhao; Weihai Li; Guoquan Wang

doi:10.11158/saa.23.10.11

30 October 2018 New Asian phyllocoptines (Eriophyidae, Phyllocoptinae): descriptions of Namengia latifloris gen. nov. & sp. nov. (Acaricalini) and Petanovicia cathartica sp. nov. (Phyllocoptini) from Northwest Laos

Yeyun Zhao, Weihai Li, Guoquan Wang

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23(10):2022-2032 (2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.10.11

Abstract

One new genus and two new species of eriophyoid mites of the subfamily Phyllocoptinae Nalepa from Luang Namtha Province, Northwest Laos are described and illustrated. They are: Namengia latifloris gen. nov. & sp. nov. (Phyllocoptinae, Acaricalini) infesting Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro (Poaceae), Petanovicia cathartica sp. nov. (Phyllocoptinae, Phyllocoptini) infesting Allamanda cathartica L. (Apocynaceae). These new species are vagrant on the leaves of their host plant respectively causing no visible damage.

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Yeyun Zhao, Weihai Li, and Guoquan Wang "New Asian phyllocoptines (Eriophyidae, Phyllocoptinae): descriptions of Namengia latifloris gen. nov. & sp. nov. (Acaricalini) and Petanovicia cathartica sp. nov. (Phyllocoptini) from Northwest Laos," Systematic and Applied Acarology 23(10), 2022-2032, (30 October 2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.10.11

Received: 14 January 2018; Accepted: 4 October 2018; Published: 30 October 2018

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