Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from South China

Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Dabashan Nature Reserve, Chongqin City, China

“…The subfamily Phyllocoptinae was established by Nalepa (1892) with the type genus Phyllocoptes Nalepa, 1887. Up to 2023, 126 genera and 756 species of subfamily Phyllocoptinae have been recorded in China, of which 42 genera and 275 species belong to the tribe Phyllocoptini; 31 genera and 365 species belong to the tribe Anthocoptini; Among them, 43 species belong to the genus Epitrimerus Nalepa, 1898, 6 species belong to the genus Vittacus Keifer,1969(Han et al 2022Hao et al 2023;Liu et al 2022Liu et al , 2023Qin et al 2021Qin et al , 2022aQin et al , 2022bRen et al 2023aRen et al , 2023bRuan et al 2023;Wang et al 2021;Wei & Kuang 1997;Xue & Lu 2022;Xue et al 2005Xue et al , 2010Xue et al , 2013Zhang et al 2022). The most obvious character of this genus Vittacus is: dorsal opisthosoma flat with transverse thickened bands; opisthosoma typically divided into broad dorsal annuli, and narrow, microtuberculate ventral annuli.…”

“…The subfamily Diptilomiopinae was established by Keifer (1944), to date, 21 genera and 174 species of this subfamily have been recorded in China (Qin et al 2019(Qin et al , 2022a(Qin et al , 2022c(Qin et al , 2022dRen et al 2023b;Ruan et al 2021;Tan et al 2021Tan et al , 2022. The genus Diptacus was established by Keifer in 1951, with Diptilomiopus sacramentae Keifer as type species; up to now, about 54 species have been described in China (Song et al 2007;Wei et al 2009;Hong et al 2010;Li et al 2012;Xie et al 2012;Xie 2013;Rajput et al 2014;Tan et al 2021Tan et al , 2022.…”