THREE NEW SPECIES OF TETRANYCHIDAE (ACARI, PROSTIGMATA) FROM THE FRENCH ALPS (SOUTH-EASTERN FRANCE)

ABSTRACT — Collection efforts in the framework of the European All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory conducted in the Mer-cantour national Park located in the Alps mountain range of southern France disclosed three new species of Tetranychid mites. The species described in the current paper are: Bryobia cinereae n. sp., Bryobia mercantourensis n. sp. and Eotetrany-chus quercicola n. sp.. Both Bryobia species were collected on Genista cinerea and E. quercicola on Quercus pubescens. A new combination is also proposed for Bryobia longisetis, previously placed in Pseudobryobia by Wainstein (1960)