| abstract | One species of family Eriophyidae, subfamily Eriophyinae: Aceria combreti n.sp. and one species of family Diptilomiopidae, subfamily Diptilomiopinae: Diptilorhynachus dioscoreae n.sp. are described from Nigeria. Third species, Eriophyes lepidaturi Farkas, described from the neigbourhood of Victoria Lake, East Africa was found in Nigeria and it is its second known locality. E. lepidaturi Farkas and A. combreti n.sp. cause galls on Alchornea laxiflora and Combretum sp., respectively, and D. disocoreae causes a discoloration of the leaves of yellow yam, econoical subsistence crop plant. |