| abstract | In this paper two new spedies of the the genus Eurytetranychus are described and figured. The type specimens are deposited in the Department of Biology, Jiangxi University.
Eurytetranychus wuyishanensis sp.nov. (fgs. 1-4)
This new species is similar to E. recki Bagdasarian (1948), but differs from the latter in the following characters: Tarsus I with 17 tactiles and 1 solenidion, tibia I with 6 tactiles and 1 solenidion; tarsus II with 13 tactiles and 2 solenidia, tibia II with 6 tactiles. This new species is also similar to E. shenyangensis Yin, Lu et Lan (1987), but differs from the latter in the following characters: Tarsus III and IV each with 10 tactiles and 1 solenidion. The numbers of setae on legs I-IV: tibiae 7-6-6-6, genua 4-4-2-2, femora 5-5-3-2.
Holotype ♀, Sept. 23, 1988, Wuyi Mountains (27°56ʼ N, 117°48ʼ E), Jiangxi Province, by Hu Siqin, on Castanea mollissima Bl.
Eurytetranychus cyclobalanopsis sp.nov. (figs. 5-8)
This new species is similar to E. japonicus Ehara (1980), but differs from the latter in the following characters: The dorsal setae very long; the second dorsocentral hysterosomals spine-shaped.
Holotype ♀, Oct. 27, 1988, Lichuan (27°18ʼ N, 116°54ʼ E), Jiangxi Province, by Hu Siqin and Hou Peihua, on Cyclobalanopsis glauca Thunb. Paratypes 2♀♀ and 1 nymph, same as for holotype. |