Paper · 2025 · Systematic and Applied Acarology

A new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from the New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India

Debashis Mandal; Ipsita Ghosh; Kaushik Pramanik; et al.

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Abstract

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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Neotegophyes diami was found on Ficus racemosa.

Taxon
Ficus racemosaFicus racemosae1
Interactor
Neotegophyes diamie1other
Outcome
found one1
Qualifier
vagrant mites found on the abaxial side of the leavese2
Setting
New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, Indiae0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Ficus racemosa
Ficus racemosa · TaxonLưu Ly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites from the New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India, are described and illustrated”

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“Neotegophyes diami gen. nov. & sp. nov., found on Ficus racemosa L. (Moraceae)”

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“All of them are vagrant mites found on the abaxial side of the leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 406–475 · show in text ↑
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Tegolophus kalashae was collected from Trema orientalis.

Taxon
Trema orientalisTrema orientalee3
Interactor
Tegolophus kalashaee3other
Outcome
collected frome3
Qualifier
vagrant mites found on the abaxial side of the leavese2
Setting
New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, Indiae0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trema orientale
Trema orientale · TaxonForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites from the New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India, are described and illustrated”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–133 · show in text ↑
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“All of them are vagrant mites found on the abaxial side of the leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 406–475 · show in text ↑
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“Tegolophus kalashae sp. nov., collected from Trema orientalis (L.) Blume (Cannabaceae)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 215–301 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultbasis n/a

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Colopodacus roseusa was infesting Catharanthus roseus.

Taxon
Catharanthus roseusCatharanthus roseuse4
Interactor
Colopodacus roseusae4pest
Outcome
infestinge4
Qualifier
vagrant mites found on the abaxial side of the leavese2
Setting
New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, Indiae0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Catharanthus roseus
Catharanthus roseus · Taxonimbeaul · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites from the New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India, are described and illustrated”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–133 · show in text ↑
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“All of them are vagrant mites found on the abaxial side of the leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 406–475 · show in text ↑
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“Colopodacus roseusa sp. nov., found to be infesting Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don (Apocynaceae)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 307–404 · show in text ↑