Summary In May 2020, populations of Eriophyid mites were detected on tree heaven , Ailanthus altissima Mill., in a recreative park the city Colombes, near Paris, and later August September four locations, Southern France. Morphological examination supplemented with sequencing data for cytochrome c oxidase subunit I ( COI ) assigned all collected to single species, Aculus mosoniensis (Ripka) (Ac...

During this survey in southeastern France, there were found three new alien spider mites species: Aponychus corpuzae on Phyllostachys sp. and Semiarundinaria yashadake; the Persea mite Oligonychus perseae americana most probably also Vitis vinifera; Stigmaeopsis nanjingensis S. yashadake. In connection with records of A. corpuzae, we propose an identification key for world species genus Aponych...

A new species of genus Lepidocunaxoides, namely, L. bisetosus Chen and Jin sp. nov. is described illustrated based on female male from China. Additionally, an identification key to known Lepidocunaxoides updated.

Five species of eriophyoid mites were identified during surveys of mite fauna associated with plant species of the family Compositae from Southwest of East Azerbaijan province during 2010 and 2011. Two of them, Aceria virgatae n. sp. from Centaurea virgata Lam. and Aceria xeranthenzis n. sp. from Xeranthemumn squarrosum Boiss., were found to be new to science. No damage symptoms were observed o...