TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Description of five new genera (Acari, Eriophyoidea) from South-Africa VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 229 EP - 240 PY - 1995 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Meyer-Smith, M.K.P. AU - Ueckermann, E.A. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2271 DA - 1995-10-31 KW - Eriophyoidea KW - Diptilomiopinae KW - Phyllocoptinae KW - Aequsomatus KW - Africus KW - Costarectus KW - Porosus KW - Tergilatus AB - Five new genera collected on indigenous plants in South Africa are described and habitus figures are presented. Africus, with its type species A. psydraxae, belongs to the subfamily Diptilomiopinae of the family Diptilomiopidae. The following four genera belong to the subfamily Phyllocoptinae of the family Eriophyidae: Aequsomatus with its type species A. lanceolatae, Costauectus with C. zeyheri, Porosus with P. monosporae, Tergilatus with T. sparsus. All the new species are leaf vagrants. ER -