Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

Descriptions of twonew species of eriophyoid mites(Acari, Eriophyoidea) from New Alluvial Zone, West Bengal, India

Authors
1 School of Agricultural Sciences, JIS University, Kolkata, India
2 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani 741235, Nadia, West Bengal, India
10.22073/pja.v13i2.80287
Abstract
Two new species of eriophyoid mites, Shevtchenkella holoptele sp. nov. from Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb.) (Ulmaceae) and Diptilomiopus cordifoliae sp. nov. from Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) (Rubiaceae) were described and illustrated from New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India. The two new mite species were found to be vagrant on under surface of the leaves without causing visible damage symptoms.
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