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Issue: Vol. 3559 No. 1: 22 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3559.1.5
Page range: 53–57
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

A new eriophyoid mite genus and species, Gymnaceria cupuassu (Acari: Eriophyidae), described from the cupuaçu tree in Brazil

Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rodovia Ilhéus–Itabuna, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rodovia Ilhéus–Itabuna, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, C. Postal 9, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Acari taxonomy eriophyid mites Aceriini

Abstract

A new eriophyoid mite genus and species, Gymnaceria cupuassu n. sp. et n. gen. (Acari: Eriophyidae: Eriophyinae: Ace-riini), is described from young fruits and other plant parts of the cupuaçu tree, Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. Ex Spreng.) K. Schum. (Sterculiaceae), from the State of Bahia, northeastern Brazil. No visible damage symptoms were observed.

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