New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Australia

A new species of eriophyoid nothopodine mite from Australia is described and illustrated. Floracarus perrepae n. sp. causes leaf curling of the Old World climbing fern, Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br. and Lygodium reticulatum Schk. (Schizaeaceae) in Queensland. This species was also collected from L. microphyllum in China and New Caledonia and is the first record of the genus from Australia. Ten eriophyoid species new to the Australian fauna are recorded: Oxycenus maxwelli (Keifer) on olive, Olea europaea L.; Epitrimerus pyri (Nalepa) on pear, Pyrus communis L.; Cisaberoptus kenyae Keifer (also a new record for West Timor, Indonesia), Neocalacarus mangiferae Channabasavanna and Tegonotus mangiferae (Keifer) on mango, Mangifera indica L., Diptilomiopus assamica Keifer on citrus, Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f, Acalitus essigi (Hassan) on blackberry, Rubus fruticosus L.; Aceria magnoliae (Keifer) on yulan tree, Magnolia denudata Desr.; Aceria fraxiniflora (Felt) on golden ash tree, Fraxinus sp, and Phytoptus hedericola Keifer on English ivy, Hedera helix L.