Neotrionymus cynodontis ( Kiritshenko, 1932 )

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Neotrionymus cynodontis ( Kiritshenko, 1932)

Ripersia cynodontis Kiritshenko, 1932: 139 .

Neotrionymus cynodontis (Kiritshenko) : Borchsenius, 1949: 163; Ben-Dov, 1994: 243; Danzig, 1998: 156 (lectotype designation). Trionymus cynodontis (Kiritshenko) : Williams, 2004: 827.

Balanococcus mediterraneus Kozár, 1983: 140 ; Danzig, 1998: 156 (synonymy).

Material examined. 5♀, China, Henan, Nanyang, Neixiang, Getiaopa, under the leaf sheath of Calamagrostis epigeios , 14 July 1998, San'an Wu leg.; 2♀, China, Henan, Nanyang, Xixia, under the leaf sheath of Calamagrostis epigeios , 18 July 1998, San'an Wu leg.; 6♀, China, Anhui, Maanshan, under the leaf sheath of Puccinellia distans , 11 May 1999, San'an Wu leg.; 11♀, China, Guangxi, Hechi, Chuanshan, Duchuan, under the leaf sheath of a species of Poaceae , 24 July 2015, Jiangtao Zhang leg.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Guangxi, Henan).

Host plants. Poaceae : Calamagrostis epigeios , Cynodon dactylon , Iseilema laxum , Iseilema sp., Puccinellia distans .

Biology. Living under the leaf sheath of its host.