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Issue: Vol. 884 No. 1: 7 Mar. 2005
Type: Article
Published: 2005-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.884.1.1
Page range: 1–5
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 2

A new spider mite species of Schizotetranychus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from Quercus gilva in Japan

Hamasaka 2-15-7, Tottori 680-0001, Japan
Laboratory of Ecological Information, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Acari Tetranychidae Schizotetranychus gilvus sp. nov. Quercus Japan

Abstract

A new spider mite, Schizotetranychus gilvus sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae), is described and illustrated from specimens collected on an evergreen oak, Quercus gilva (Fagaceae), in Kyoto (type locality) and Nara, Honshu, Japan.

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