TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Five new species of eriophyoid mites(Acarina: Eriophyoidea) VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 531 EP - 539 PY - 1970 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Manson, D.C.M. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3414 DA - 1971-03-01 KW - Acari KW - Acalitus KW - Phytoptus KW - new species KW - New Zealand AB - The following species are described for the first time - Phytoptus nifensis from Luzula nifa var. rufa; Aceria healyi from Myoporum laetum; Acalitus temtis from Coprosma tenuicaulis; Acalitus rubensis from Rubus schmidelioides and Acalitus morrisoni from Nothofagus solandri. This is the first record of the genera Phytoptus and Acalitus from New Zealand. The resultant damage caused by A. morrisoni and A. rubensis has been recognised previously, and its cause as being due to eriophyoid mites (MoRRISON 1933, and LAMB rg6o), but no descriptions of the mites have been published ER -