One new genus, ten new species, and four new records of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) in Tibet, China

Abstract

One new genus, ten new species, and four new records of eriophyoid mites from Tibet are described and illustrated. They are Eriophyes clematus sp. nov. on Clematis buchananiana DC. (Ranunculaceae), Eriophyes niveus sp. nov. on Rubus niveus Thunb. (Rosaceae), Plancorpus populi gen. nov. & sp. nov. on Populus simonii Carrière (Salicaceae), Aculochetus desmodius sp. nov. on Desmodium elegans DC. (Leguminosae), Aculus trilobus sp. nov. on Prunus triloba Lindl. (Rosaceae), Tetra hyperica sp. nov. on Hypericum bellum Li (Hypericaceae), Calepitrimerus buchananianus sp. nov. on Clematis buchananiana DC. (Ranunculaceae), Calepitrimerus tanguticus sp. nov. on Clematis tangutica (Maxim.) Korsh. (Ranunculaceae), Phyllocoptes excoecarus sp. nov. on Excoecaria acerifolia Didr. (Euphorbiaceae), Neorhynacus pistacus sp. nov. on Pistacia weinmanniifolia J. Poiss. ex Franch. (Anacardiaceae), Anthocoptes punctidorsa Keifer, 1943 rec. nov. on Ulmus pumila L. (Ulmaceae), Vittacus bougainvilleae (Keifer, 1959) rec. nov. on Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd. (Nyctaginaceae), Phyllocoptes cedri Keifer, 1946 rec. nov. on Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D. Don) G. Don (Pinaceae), and Diptacus hamedanicus Jafari & Khanjani, 2020 rec. nov. on Prunus triloba Lindl. and Prunus armeniaca L. (Rosaceae).