Tegolophus artocarpi Keifer, 1977

Gu, Xiao-Hui, Yang, Juan, Tan, Meng-Chao & Wang, Guo-Quan, 2015, A new genus and four new species of Eriophyidae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea), Zoological Systematics 40 (1), pp. 41-52 : 51

Tegolophus artocarpi Keifer, 1977 New record of China

Tegolophus artocarpi Keifer, 1977: 17–18 ; Keifer & Knorr, 1978: 19; Amrine & Stasny, 1994: 289; Xue & Zhang, 2009: 86.

Diagnosis. Body fusiform. Prodorsal shield with frontal lobe present; median line absent, admedian and submedian lines incomplete, scapular tubercles set on rear shield margin, scapular setae (sc) directed backward and divergently. Coxisternal plates smooth. Legs with normal segments and usual setae, tarsal empodium entire 4-rayed, tarsal solenidion knobbed. Dorsal opisthosoma with median and admedian ridges, dorsal annuli 17, smooth; ventral annuli 48, with rounded microtubercles, setae h1 absent. Female genital coverflap with longitudinal ridges.

Material examination. Five females (GXU), Xinglong, Wanning (18°44′47′′N, 110°12′36′′E), Hainan, China, 17 April 2011, from Artocarpus integrifolia L. ( Moraceae ), coll. Guo-Quan Wang, mounted on individual slide.

Distribution. China (Hainan), Thailand.

Biology. The mites are vagrants on the undersurfaces of the tender leaves, inducing rust.

Funding This work was partly supported by the Guangxi Special Invited Scientist Program in Agric-Environment and Agric-products Safety, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31160431) and the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (211134).

Acknowledgements The authors sincerely thank the reviewers for their valuable remarks. We would like to thank Prof. Hua Li (College of Agriculture, Guangxi University) for identifying the host plants.

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