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Issue: Vol. 1037 No. 1: 19 Aug. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1037.1.2
Page range: 23–28
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

A new eriophyoid mite in the genus Disella from Ilex paraguariensis in Brazil

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 Eriophyoid Erva-Mate Aquifoliaceae South American holly

Abstract

A new phytophagous mite species of Disella Newkirk & Keifer genus (Eriophyidae, Nothopodinae), namely D. ilicicola n. sp., is described from Ilex paraguariensis Saint Hilaire (Aquifoliaceae) from South Brazil. This is the second Eriophyoidea mite reported infesting I. paraguariensis in Brazil and the second Disella species described from Ilex host plants.

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