Three New Species of Aceria (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) from China

Animals (Basel). 2024 Feb 25;14(5):720. doi: 10.3390/ani14050720.

Abstract

Three new Aceria species from South China are described and illustrated. Aceria bischofiaesp. nov. was collected on Bischofia javanica Blume (Phyllanthaceae), inducing galls on surfaces of the leaves; Aceria cryptocaryaesp. nov. was collected on Cryptocarya metcalfiana Allen (Lauraceae), causing the formation of erinea on the undersurface of the leaves; and Aceria buddlejaesp. nov. was collected as a vagrant on Buddleja lindleyana Fort. (Scrophulariaceae) leaves, and no symptoms were observed on the host plant.

Keywords: Aceriini; Eriophyidae; Guangxi; galls; taxonomy.