Zi-Wei Song

Eriophyoid mites on coniferous plants in China with descriptions of a new genus and five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

Abstract A new genus, five new species, a new record and three new combinations are reported: Paraphetehaburus cephalotaxus n. gen. and n. sp. on Cephalotaxus fortunei Hook.f. (Cephalotaxaceae); Keiferella guanegouensis n. sp. on Picea asperata Mast.(Pinaceae); Proiectus tabulaeformis n. sp. on Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. (Pinaceae); Proiectus thunbergis n. sp. on Pinus thunbergii Pari. (Pinaceae); Phyllocoptruta platyclada n. sp. on Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (Cupressaceae); Platyphytoptus pineae Castagnoli, 1973, new record; Jutarus abietis (Kuang and Luo, 2005) n. comb.; Phyllocoptruta huangshanensis (Kuang, 1999)n. comb.; Phyllocoptes shenyangensis (Kuang and Luo, 2005) n. comb. All are vagrants on leaf surfaces; no apparent damage was found on host plants. A key and a tableto the Chinese species of eriophyoid mites on coniferous plants are provided.

Eriophyid Mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Bamboo from China, with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Qinling Mountains

Abstract Three new species of eriophyid mites on bamboo from the Qinling Mountains, northwestern China, are described and illustrated: Tegolophus bashaniae sp. nov. on Bashania fargesii (E. G. Camus) Keng f. et Yi (Poaceae: Bambuseae); Tegolophus fargesiae sp. nov. on Fargesia qinlingensis Yi et J.X. Shao, and Tetraspinus vulgaris sp. nov. on Bambusa vulgaris Schrader ex Wendland. All species are vagrants on leaf surfaces, causing no apparent damage. A key to known eriophyid mites on bamboo from China is provided.

Review of Phyllocoptruta, with Descriptions of Two New Species (Acari: Eriophyoidea)

ABSTRACT Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) in Phyllocoptruta are reviewed. Two new species of Phyllocoptruta from Shaanxi Province, China, are described and illustrated: Phyllocoptruta huayangiana n. sp. on Rosa sericea Lindl. subsp. omeiensisi (Rolfe) A. V. Roberts (Rosaceae) and Phyllocoptruta clematoclethra n. sp. on Clematoclethra sp. Maxim. (Actinidiaceae). The new species described herein are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves, causing no apparent injury.

Three new species of Cecidophyinae (Acari: Eriophyidae) from China

Three new eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) from China are described and illustrated. They are Cecidophyes truncatis sp. nov. on Acer truncatum Bunge (Aceraceae), Cecidophyes hirsutes sp. nov. on Cardamine hirsute L. (Cruciferae) and Paracolomerus fopingacer sp. nov. on Acer sp. L. (Aceraceae). All the new species described herein are vagrants on the host plant.

Eriophyoid mite fauna (Acari: Eriophyoidea) of the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China with descriptions of six new species

ABSTRACT The eriophyoid mite fauna (Acari: Eriophyoidea) of the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China was studied and 32 species were reported herein, among which six species are new to science. The new species and their hosts are as follows: Boczekella larixis n. sp. on Larix sp. (Pinaceae); Acaphyllisa deutziasis n. sp. on Deutzia schneideriana Rehd. (Saxifragaceae); Acaphyllisa populusis n. sp. on Populus sp. (Salicaceae); Aculops cajanusis n. sp. on Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. (Fabaceae); Aculops caraganis n. sp. on Caragana franchetiana Kom (Fabaceae); Tetra tibetisalix n. sp. on Salix heterochrom Seem. (Salicaceae). The purpose of this work was to investigate the varieties and distributions of eriophyoid mites in Tibet, summarize the species recorded in Tibet, and give references to mite taxonomists.

Five new species of Phyllocoptes from China (Acari: Eriophyidae)

Abstract In this paper, five new species of Phyllocoptes from China are described and illustrated, namely Phyllocoptes cuihuashani n. sp. on Thalictrum sp. (Ranunculaceae), Phyllocoptes changbaiensis n. sp. on Crataegus maximowiczii (Rosaceae), Phyllocoptes mingyuiensis n. sp. on Cotoneaster sp. (Rosaceae), Phyllocoptes mollissimae n. sp. on Castanea mollissima (Fagaceae), Phyllocoptes taihuaiensis n. sp. on Armeniaca mume (Rosaceae). The eriophyoid mite species described herein are vagrants on the undersurface of host leaves. A key to the species of Phyllocoptes from China is provided.

Three new species of Phyllocoptini (Acari: Eriophyidae) from the Qinling Mountain, China

ABSTRACT Three new species of the phyllocoptine mites from the Qinling Mountain in northwestern Chinas Shaanxi Province are described and illustrated. They are Callyntrotus duchesneae n. sp. on Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke (Rosaceae), Calepitrimerus taibaicus n. sp. on Ulmus sp. L. (Ulmaceae), Paraepitrimerus changqingicus n. sp. on Aster tataricus L. f. (Compositae). The new species are leaf vagrants, and no obvious symptoms were associated with them.