| abstract | A new species of brevipalpid mites namely Brevipalpus jambhiri sp.nov. has been described and illustrated. Brevipalpus cucurbitae Mohanasundaram has been recorded for the first time from northern India. Of the eleven species of brevipalpid mites recorded during the survey in the Punjab State, eight species namely B. cucurbitae, B. deleoni Pritchard & Baker, B. tinsukiaensis Sadana & Gupta, B. rice Chaudhri, B. californicus (Banks), B. ovobatus [sic!] Donnadieu, B rugulosus Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool and B. phoencis [sic!] (Geijskes) haave been recorded on new host plants. These species are listed together with collection data. |