A Taxonomic Study Of The Eriophoidea From The Pan-Yangtze River Delta Region Of China (Acari: Prostigmata)

This dissertation is a comprehensive study on the Eriophyoidea in the Pan-Yangtze River Delta Region of China. In total, there are 155 eriophyoid species in the Pan-Yangtze River Delta Region of China belong to 64 genus, including 7 new genera,32 new species,4 new records in China. Keys to the families, subfamilies, tribes, genera and species are listed. The geographic distribution of the Eriophyoidea in the Pan-Yangtze River Delta Region of China are discussed. All specimens are examined and drawn with the aid of a Leica DMR microscope.New genus:Wannanacarus gen. nov.;Calesalquia gen. nov.;Jiangsuacarus gen. nov.; Spinacarus gen. nov.;Cereusacarus gen. nov.;Calabsentia gen. nov. and Neovittacus gen. nov.New species:Colopodacus ficus sp.nov. on Ficus martini (Moraceae);Wannanacarus quercus sp.nov. on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae);Nothopoda cudraniae sp. nov. on Cudrania tricuspidata (Moraceae);Nothopoda loropetali sp.nov. on Loropetalum chinense (Hamamelidaceae);Calesalquia tiantangzhaica sp.nov. on Quercus sp.(Fagaceae); Gammaphytoptus machilus sp. nov. on Machilus thunbergii (Lauraceae);Stenacis thunbergii sp. nov. on Pinus sp.(Pinaceae);Acaphyllisa quinqueridges sp.nov. on Cyclobalanopsis glauca (Fagaceae);Acaricalus cinnamomum sp.nov. on Cinnamomum japonicum (Moraceae);Jiangsuacarus huaguensis sp. nov. on Cyclobalanopsis myrsinaefolia (Fagaceae);Neopentamerus repandus sp.nov. on Mallotus repandus (Euphorbiaceae);Spinacarus guniujiangensis sp.nov. on Cyclobalanopsis glauca (Fagaceae);Shevtchenkella eupatorium sp.nov. on Eupatorium japonicum (Compositae); Leipothrix rubia sp.nov. on Rubia cordifolia (Rubiaceae);Leipothrix sambucus sp. nov. on Sambucus chinensis (Caprifoliaceae);Cereusacarus maopingensis sp. nov. on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae);Calabsentia rosa sp. nov. on Rosa cymosa (Rosaceae);Epitrimerus deutzia sp. nov. on Deutzia ningpoensis (Saxifragaceae);Neovittacus shitaicus sp. nov. on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae); Phyllocoptes baishanzuensis sp.nov. on Abies firma (Pinaceae); Phyllocoptes megaphylla sp. nov. on Lindera megaphylla (Lauraceae);Anthocoptes sinense sp. nov. on Ligustrum sinense (Oleaceae); Aculus mussaenda sp. nov. on Mussaenda esquirolii (Rubiaceae); Aculops melia sp. nov. on Melia azedarach (Meliaceae); Aculops pueraria sp. nov. on Pueraria lobata (Leguminosae); Tetra clerodendrum sp. nov. on Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum (Verbenaceae); Tetra glycine sp. nov. on Glycine soja (Leguminosae); Indotegolophus vitex sp. nov. on Vitex negundo (Verbenaceae); Diptilomiopus vitis sp. nov. on Vitis sp. (Vitaceae); Diptacus chizhouensis sp. nov. on Rubus corchorifolius (Rosaceae); Diptacus platycarya sp. nov. on Platycarya strobilacea (Juglandaceae); Rhyncaphytoptus cunninghamia sp. nov. on Cunninghamia sp. (Tacodiaceae); Rhyncaphytoptus qimenensis sp. nov. on Cyclobalanopsis glauca (Fagaceae).New records in China:Cecidophyes tampae Keifer,1966 on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae); Aceria triplacis Keifer,1960 on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae); Glossilus cryptomerius Navia & Fletchtmann,2000 on Cryptomeria sp. (Taxodiaceae); Acarelliptus cocciformis Keifer, 1940 on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae).