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Issue: Vol. 149 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.149.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 189
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Aculus sayanicus, a new species of Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from grasses in Russia

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Environmental Biology; Szamarzewskiego 91A, 60-569 Pozna., Poland
Department of Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Institute of Botany of the Jagiellonian University; Lubicz 46, 31-512 Krakow; Poland
Acari Abacarus acutatus Aculus sayanicus Eriophyoidea grasses new host record new species Poaceae taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Eriophyidae collected in Sayan Mountains in Russia is described and illustrated, based on adults of both sexes and the nymph. Aculus sayanicus n. sp. was found vagrant on Poa sibirica Roshev. A new host plant for Abacarus acutatus Sukhareva is recorded.

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