Eriophyid studies C-17.
Keifer H. H.
Author Affiliation: 1112 Swanston Drive, Sacramento, California 95818, USA.
: 24 pp.
Abstract : The new taxa described in this paper include Konola gen.n., which is erected for K. hibernalis sp.n. collected on Quercus wislizenii in California; Rhyncaphytoptus redwayensis sp.n., and Phyllocoptes hypofrons sp.n. collected on Q. garryana in California; Eriophyes ambix sp.n. on Q. wislizenii in California; E. quercerinus sp.n. on Q. virginiana in Florida; Tegonotus spirorbis sp.n. on Acacia spirorbis collected in Noumea New Caledonia; Trisetacus strobiphagus sp.n., from Pinus sabiniana in California; and E. spermaphaga sp.n. from Juglans hindsii (Northern California black walnut) in California. The mites of this last species attack the male catkins causing them to become juicy and remain on the tree longer than usual.ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT:The new species here described include Nacerimina gutierrezi gen. et sp.n. collected on coconut in Samoa; Eriophyes havenensis sp.n. collected on common bamboo in Florida; E. dioicae sp.n. collected on Tamarix dioica in Pakistan; Flechtmannia eichhorniae gen.et sp.n. on water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Brazil; and Spinacus pagonis gen. at sp.n. collected on mango in Samoa.