Description of four new species, two new records, and mitochondrial COI gene of eriophyoid mites from Nanning, China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Abstract

Four new species and two new records of eriophyoid mite species from Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China are described and illustrated: Disella chromolaena sp. nov. infesting Chromolaena odorata (Linnaeus) R. M. King & H. Rob. (Asteraceae); Abacarus oxalis sp. nov. from Oxalis corniculata L. (Oxalidaceae); Tetra radermachera sp. nov. infesting Radermachera sinica (Hance) Hemsl. (Bignoniaceae); Tegonotus microcarpae sp. nov. from Ficus macrocarpa L. f. 'Golden Leaves'. (Moraceae); Aculops morindae Ghosh & Chakrabarati, 1989 rec. nov. from Paederia foetida L. (Rubiaceae); Shevtchenkella longitubercula Mo, Tan & Wang, 2017 rec. nov. from Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Sapindaceae). All mites are vagrants causing no apparent damage to their host plants. We provided mitochondrial COI sequences for Abacarus oxalis sp. nov. (GenBank accession numbers OQ571329 and OQ571330), Aculops morindae Ghosh & Chakrabarati, 1989 rec. nov. (OQ571325–OQ571328), and Tegonotus microcarpa sp. nov. (OQ571323 and OQ571324). A list of eriophyoid mites known from Guangxi University is given.