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We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this month include a report of a new root-knot nematode parasitizing grape in Yunnan and a new species of Echidnodella from India.

• Pestalotiopsis abietissp. nov. from Abies fargesii in China. Gu Mo; Hu DongWei; Han Bing; Jiang Ning; Tian ChengMing (2021) Phytotaxa 509 (1) 93-105.
• Affinibrenneria salicis gen. nov. sp. nov. isolated from Salix matsudana bark canker. Bian DanRan; Xue Han; Wang GuangMing; Piao ChunGen; Li Yong (2021) Archives of Microbiology 203 (6) 3473-3481.
• Identification of a new Talaromyces strain DYM25 isolated from the Yap trench as a biocontrol agent against Fusarium wilt of cucumber. Luo Man; Chen YiMin; He JianLin; Tang Xu; Wu XuDong; Xu ChangAn (2021) Microbiological Research 251.
• Amphibambusa hongheensis sp. nov., a novel bambusicolous ascomycete from Yunnan, China. Jiang HongBo; Zhang ShiJie; Phookamsak, R.; Promputtha, I.; Kakumyan, P.; Xu JianChu (2021) Phytotaxa 505 (2) 201-212.
• Identification of two new Alternaria isolates on sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) plants in Lucknow, India. Varucha Misra; Mall, A. K.; Kumar, M.; Srivastava, S.; Pathak, A. D. (2021) Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 54 (3/4) 164-176.
• A new species of Echidnodella (Asterinales, Lembosiaceae) from western Ghats of Kerala state, India. Hina Mohamed; Jacob Thomas (2021) Phytotaxa 496 (3) 275-280.
• Morphology and phylogeny of a new species, Pseudocercospora haldinae (Mycosphaerellaceae) on Haldina cordifolia from India. Sanjay Yadav; Verma, S. K.; Singh, V. K.; Raghvendra Singh; Archana Singh; Shambhu Kumar (2021) Phytotaxa 501 (2) 281-292.
• A new root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne vitis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), parasitizing grape in Yunnan. Yang YanMei; Hu XianQi; Liu Pei; Chen Li; Peng Huan; Wang QiaoMei; Zhang Qi (2021) PLoS ONE 16 (2).
• Revision of the genus Xylodrypta Lesne 1901 (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Bostrichinae: Xyloperthini) with a new species and a key to species. Liu, L. Y.; Beaver, R. A.; Sanguansub, S. (2021) Zootaxa 5005 (2) 234-240.
• Urolabida graziae, new urostylidid species from the Philippines with comments on the current taxonomy and systematics of the family (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Urostylididae). Roca-Cusachs, M.; Paris, M.; Mohagan, A.; Jung Sunghoon (2021) Zootaxa 4958 (1) 702-712.

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