Navia nom. nov. is proposed for Euterpia Navia & Flechtmann, 2005 (Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea), preoccupied by Euterpia Bondar, 1942 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

A new mite species belonging to the Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Kunming, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, is described and illustrated. Calepitrimerus kunmingensis sp. nov. causes erineum on its host plant, Schefflera odorata (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe (Araliaceae), commonly known as the umbrella tree.

Three new species of eriophyoid mites from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, are described and illustrated. They are Paracolomerusgonglius sp. n. and Phyllocoptrutabeggerianae sp. n. collected on Rosabeggeriana Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey. (Rosaceae), and Rhyncaphytoptusfuyuniensis sp. n. collected on Cotoneasterignavus E. L. Wolf (Rosaceae). All eriophyoid mites described here are vag...

In this paper, three new species of eriophyoid mites in the family Eriophyidae associated with Phoebe hunanensis Hand.-Mazz. (Lauraceae), namely Gammaphytoptus striatilobus sp. n., Phyllocoptes setalsolenidion sp. n., and Dechela phoebe sp. n. are described and illustrated. All are vagrants causing no apparent damage to the same host plants.

A new species of eriophyid mites, Aceria bassicola sp. n. (Acari: Acariformes: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae), collected from Bassia prostrata (L.) Beck (Amaranthaceae), is described Hungary based on females, males and nymphs.

during the study on eriophyid mites associated to fabaceae plants in naghare village, lorestan province (iran), one new aculus species (acari: eriophyidae), a. lorestaniensis sp. nov. , was found on glycyrrhiza   glabra  l. and herein described and illustrated. this is the first aculus mites associated to a host plant of the genus glycyrrhiza .

The coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer, has become one of the most important pests of coconut in the Americas and Africa and recently in Southeast Asia. Despite the great economic importance of this mite, there is a lack of information on its origin and invasion history that are important to guide the search of biological control agents as well as the adoption of quarantine procedures. Thi...

Arthropods include a high diversity of lineages adapted for silk production. Several species microscopic phytophagous mites the hyperdiverse superfamily Eriophyoidea spin web; however, origin their is unknown. We described new web-spinning mite, Aberoptus schotiae n. sp., collected from leaves Schotia brachypetala (Fabaceae) in South Africa and showed that it has complex life cycle, including t...

A new genus and two new species of mites in the family Eriophyidae, Theaphyes rapaneae gen. n. and sp. n. which is found on the type host Rapanea neriifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) Mez (Myrsinaceae) and Paracaphyllisa theacea sp. n., are described and illustrated. They are vagrants on the tea plant Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze and no apparent symptoms were detected. A key to the eriophyoid mites incl...