Eriophyoid mites (Acari,Eriophyoidea) associated with tea plants,with descriptions of a new genus and two new species |
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| Authors: | Xiao Han Yun Zuo Xiao-Feng Xue Xiao-Yue Hong |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China |
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| Abstract: | A new genus and two new species of mites in the family Eriophyidae, Theaphyesrapaneaegen. n. and sp. n. which is found on the type host Rapaneaneriifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) Mez (Myrsinaceae) and Paracaphyllisatheaceasp. n., are described and illustrated. They are vagrants on the tea plant Camelliasinensis (L.) Kuntze and no apparent symptoms were detected. A key to the eriophyoid mites including thirteen species associated with tea plants all over the world is provided. |
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| Keywords: | taxon-name" > order" >Prostigmata, taxon-name" > genus" >Camellia spp., taxon-name" > family" >Theaceae, taxonomy, Yunnan Province, China |
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