| abstract | Nine species of tenuipalpid mites viz. Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes), B. euphorbiae Mohanasundaram, Tenuipalpus kesari Sadana, Gupta and Goyal, T. micheli Lawrence, T. persicae Sadana, Chhabra & Gupta, T. pyrusae Maninder and Ghai, T. acuminatae Mohanasundaram, Tenuipalpus species and Priscapalpus gurdaspurensis sp.nov. inhabiting deciduous fruit trees are reported from the Punjab State. Out of these, four mite species are reported on new host plants i.e. Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijses) on phalsa, B. euphorbiae Mohanasundarm on pear and ber, Tenuipalpus persicae Sadana, Chhabra and Gupta on pear and T. micheli Lawrence on peach and pear. Brevipalpus euphorbiae Mohanasundaram and Tenuipalpus micheli Lawrence are reported for the first time on deciduous fruit trees. A new species of the genus Priscapalpus DeLeon is described and illustrated. |