Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari, Eriophyoidea) from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
Three new species of eriophyoid mites from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, are described and illustrated. They are Paracolomerusgonglius sp. n. and Phyllocoptrutabeggerianae sp. n. collected on Rosabeggeriana Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey. (Rosaceae), and Rhyncaphytoptusfuyuniensis sp. n. collected on Cotoneasterignavus E. L. Wolf (Rosaceae). All eriophyoid mites described here are vagrants on the undersurface of leaves and any apparent damage was not observed.
['Li|Ji-Wei|JW|', 'Wang|Zhen-Hui|ZH|', 'Xue|Xiao-Feng|XF|', 'Zhang|Jian-Ping|JP|']
Rosaceae Colomerini Phyllocoptini Rhyncaphytoptinae Taxonomy