Abstract
Five species of Tetranychidae are recorded from China for the first time. These include Bryobia cristata (Duges), collected from Chrysanthemum sp. in Nanchang, Jiangxi, in 1963, Panonychus elongatus Manson, from Citrus reticulata, Melia azedarach, Osmanthus persicum in Guangzhow in 1975-77, Oligonychus indicus (Hirst), from Setaria viridis in Jiangxi in 1975, O. pratensis (Banks), from S. viridis and Pennisetum alopecuroides in Jiangxi in 1975 and Eotetranychus pruni (Oudm.), from Malus pumila and Rosa sinensis in Jiangxi in 1962. In addition, Schizotetranychus nanjingensis sp.n. is described from examples collected on Phyllostachys sp. in Nanjing in 1976 and O. jiangxiensis sp.n. from examples collected on Cunninghamia lanceolata in Jiangxi in 1976
