Systematic & Applied Acarology
ISSN 1362-1971
An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996


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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2004) 9, 141-146

A new species and a new record of tarsonemid mites from China (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

JIAN-ZHEN LIN, YAN-XUAN ZHANG, JIE JI & XIA CHEN

Plant Protection Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350013, China

Abstract

One new record of the genus Steneotarsonemus (Parasteneotarsonemus) and one new species of the genus Dendroptus are described and illustrated. Steneotarsonemus (Parasteneotarsonemus) phyllopherus (Ewing) was collected inside the leave sheath of bamboo plants in Tongbai, Henan province. Dendroptus tricollis sp. nov. was collected in samples of bark on a tree Melia azedarach L. in Shunchang, Fujian province, China.

Key words: Steneotarsonemus phyllopherus, new record, Dendroptus tricollis sp. nov., China.


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