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Issue: Vol. 1028 No. 1: 2 Aug. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-08-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1028.1.1
Page range: 1–22
Abstract views: 47
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New Zealand species of Steneotarsonemus Beer (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350013, China
Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand
Acari Tarsonemidae Steneotarsonemus (Neosteneotarsonemus) ramus sp. nov. S. (Mahunkacarus) mayae sp. nov. description New Zealand

Abstract

New Zealand Steneotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) comprises three species: Steneotarsonemus (Neosteneotarsonemus) ramus sp. nov. collected from Poa litorosa in Tagua Bay, Auckland Island; Steneotarsonemus (Mahunkacarus) mayae sp. nov. found under leaf sheaths and on flower panicles of Dracophyllum strictum Hook in Awakino; and Steneotarsonemus (Steneotarsonemus) spirifex (Marchal) collected from ryegrass and pasture soil in Palmerston North and The Glen. Keys to world species of Steneotarsonemus (Neosteneotarsonemus) and Steneotarsonemus (Mahunkacarus) are provided.

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