Rhyncaphytoptus ulmiss new name

Abacoptes ulmi Lin & Kuang, 1997: 156 –157.

Abacoptes ulmi Lin & Kuang, 1997, Kuang, Luo & Wang, 2005: 145.

Host. Ulmus sp. L. ( Ulmaceae).

Relation to host. Vagrant on leaf surfaces, causing no apparent damage.

Distribution. Zhejiang (Lin’an County), China.

Remarks. The genus Abacoptes Keifer (Keifer, 1939c) was made a junior synonym of Rhyncaphytoptus Keifer (Amrine et al., 2003) . Therefore, the species ulmi Lin & Kuang is moved to the genus Rhyncaphytoptus . However, the species epithet ulmi is a junior homonym of Rhyncaphytoptus ulmi Xin & Dong, 1981; therefore we designate the new specific epithet, ulmiss Song Xue & Hong, as a replacement name for this species. Etymology: -ss added to ulmi in order to make it significantly different.