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

ABSTRACTThree new species of eriophyoid mites from South China are described and illustrated: Dichopelmus homalii sp. nov. and Agenuseta tianliaomus sp. nov. from Homalium cochinchinense (Lour.) Druce (Salicaceae). Levonga melicopeae sp. nov. from Melicope pteleifolia (Champ. ex Benth.) T. G. Hartley (Rutaceae). All of them are vagrants on lower leaf surface and cause no apparent symptom to their host plants.KEYWORDS: TaxonomyDiptilomiopinaePhyllocoptinaeSouth China AcknowledgmentsWe sincerely thank the editors and reviewers for their suggestions for improving the quality of the article.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [32000324].