Two new species of acaricaline eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from India
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https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.25.3.15Keywords:
Cymeda indica, Neoacaphyllisa alangia, Acaricalini, Phyllocoptinae, Eriophyidae, Cyclosorus dentatus (fern), Alangium sp.Abstract
Two new species of eriophyoid mites viz., Cymeda indica sp. nov. on Cyclosorus dentatus. (Thelypteridaceae) and Neoacaphyllisa alangia sp. nov. on Alangium sp. (Cornaceae) are described here from Darjeeling district of West Bengal and Guwahati district of Assam, India respectively. The new species belong to the family Eriophyidae, subfamily Phyllocoptinae and tribe Acaricalini. They are the second members in the respective genera.
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