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Issue: Vol. 1078 No. 1: 7 Nov. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1078.1.4
Page range: 41-58
Abstract views: 88
PDF downloaded: 2

A new genus and five new species of Eriophyoidea (Prostigmata) associated with palm trees from Brazilian Amazon

Researcher, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Laboratório de Quarentena Vegetal, C. P. 02372, 70.770–900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo/ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13.418–900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Acari Prostigmata Arecaceae plant feeding mites South America taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus and five new species of eriophyoid mites associated with native palm trees (Arecaceae) are described from Brazilian Amazon. The new genus and two new species are in the family Eriophyidae: Euterpia fissa n. gen. & n. sp. from Euterpe precatoria and Notostrix spinula n. sp. from Mauritia flexuosa. Three new species belong to the family Phytoptidae: Palmiphytoptus barbosae n. sp. from Astrocaryum acaule; Propilus alternatus n. sp. from Mauritia flexuosa and Propilus tavaresi n. sp. from Elaeis oleifera.

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