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Issue: Vol. 206 No. 1: 4 Jun. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-06-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.206.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Eotetranychus from France (Acari, Prostigmata: Tetranychidae)

ENSA-M/INRA, Unité d’Ecologie animale et de Zoologie agricole, 2 Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France
Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France
CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo/ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brasil
Acari Tetranychidae Eotetranychus cumtiliarium n. sp. Tilia platyphyllos France

Abstract

A new species of Eotetranychus (Acari, Prostigmata: Tetranychidae), namely Eotetranychus cumtiliarium n. sp., is described and illustrated from specimens collected on Tilia platyphyllos (Tiliacae) in northern France. A key to French species of Eotetranychus is provided.

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