Five new Glossilus mites from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)</p >

Abstract

Five new Glossilus species of eriophyoid mites from China are described and illustrated. They are Glossilus lanceolatus sp. nov. on Cunninghamia lanceolata (Cupressaceae), Glossilus hodginsus sp. nov. on Chamaecyparis hodginsii (Cupressaceae), Glossilus obtusus sp. nov. on Chamaecyparis obtusa (Cupressaceae), Glossilus procumbenus sp. nov. on Juniperus procumbens (Cupressaceae), and Glossilus funebrus sp. nov. on Cupressus funebris (Cupressaceae). We provided two new combinations—Glossilus convergens (Keifer, 1966), comb. nov. and Glossilus juniperensis (Xue & Yin, 2020), comb. nov. We further provided mitochondrial cox1 gene sequences for five new species. All new eriophyoid mite species are vagrants, causing no apparent symptom to their host plants.