Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

Description of one new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari, Acariformes, Eriophyoidea) from New Alluvial Zone, West Bengal, India

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Faculty of Agriculture, JIS University, Kolkata, 700109, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, 741252, West Bengal, India
Abstract
One new species of eriophyoid mites Disella jasminae sp. nov. from Jasminum officinale L. (family Oleaceae) was described and illustrated from New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India. The new mite species was found to be vagrant on the surface of the leaves without causing visible damage.
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