Eriophyoid mites from Eastern India: description of three new species (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea)
Autor: | Pranab Debnath, Krishna Karmakar |
---|---|
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: | |
Zdroj: | Zootaxa. 4061:553 |
ISSN: | 1175-5334 1175-5326 |
DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.5 |
Popis: | Three new eriophyoid mite species, namely Dichopelmus puncti n. sp. (Eriophyidae) from cogan grass, Imperata cylindrica (Poaceae); Calacarus kalyaniensis n. sp. (Eriophyidae) from Siam weed, Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) and Neorhynacus bidhanae n. sp. (Diptilomiopidae) from Croton caudatus (Euphorbiaceae), are described and illustrated from West Bengal, India. The new species are vagrants on the leaves of their respective host plants with no visible damage observed. Keys to the known species of Dichopelmus and Neorhynacus are provided along with a checklist of eriophyoid mites species present in West Bengal. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |