New eriophyoid mite species identified in West Bengal, suggesting significant biodiversity discovery.
A new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites from the New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India, are described and illustrated: Neotegophyes diami gen. nov. & sp. nov., found on Ficus racemosa L. (Moraceae); Tegolophus kalashae sp. nov., collected from Trema orientalis (L.) Blume (Cannabaceae); and Colopodacus roseusa sp. nov., found to be infesting Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don (Apocynaceae). All of them are vagrant mites found on the abaxial side of the leaves.
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