A taxonomic study on the genus Aculus Keifer from China (Acari : Eriophyoidea : Eriophyidae) with a description of six new species

作者：Xue XF; Hong XY^*

来源：Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2005, 131(3-4): 387-401.

• taxonomy
• Eriophyidae
• Aculus
• new species
• China

In this paper, six new species of the genus Aculus (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) from China are described and illustrated, namely Aculus amygdali sp. nov., Aculus persicae sp. nov. on peach, Amygdalus persica L.; Aculus huixiansis sp. nov. on willow, Salix sp. L.; Aculus coggygriae sp. nov. on common smoketree, Cotinus coggygria Scop.; Aculus populi sp. nov. on poplar, Populus sp. L. and Aculus altissimae sp. nov. on ailanthus, Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle. A key to the species of Aculus from China is provided. All species are vagrant on leaves. All type specimens are deposited at the Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China.

• 出版日期2005-12
• 单位南京农业大学