TWO NEW SPECIES AND ONE NEW RECORD OF GENUS RHYNCAPHYTOPTUS FROM CHINA (ACARIFORMES: RHYNCAPHYTOPTIDAE)

The present paper deals with two new species and one new recnrd helongintj to Rhyncaphy-topus from China. All the type specimens are deposited in the Nanjing Agricultural University.Rhyncaphytoptus lushanensis sp. nov. (figs. l-6)This new species dosely allied to R. plat ani Keifer, but its shield smooth, thanosome with 54 tergites and without inicretubercle.Host plant: Platanns orientalis.Holotype ♀, allotype ♂, paratypes 14♀♀, Mt, Lushan, Jiangxi Province, VIII 21, 1982, col-lected by Kuang Hai-yuan and Zhao Jian.Rhyncaphytoptus lonicerae sp. nov. (figs. 7-10)This new species resembles R. redwayensis Keifer, but with a transverse line jointing median line with admedian line at little anterior to the middle, coxa with striated pattern, and fa-therclaws 6 rayed.Male unknown.Host plant: Lonicera maacki.Holotype ♀ paratypes 16♀♀ , Nanjing Zhongshan Botanical Garden. 29, VI 1982, collected by Kuang Hai-yuan and Zhao Jian.Rhyncaphytoptus ulmiuagrans Keif er New record from China. Host plant: Ulmus sp.Orumqi city, Xinjiang Weiwur Autonomous Region, VII 10. 1982; Lanzhou city, Gansu Province, VII 31. 1983, collected by Kuang Hai-yuan.