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Issue: Vol. 8: 14 Sept. 2001
Type: Article
Published: 2001-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.8.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 3

New phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from tropical Africa

CNPq Researcher, Depto. Entomol., Fitopatol. e Zool. Agrícola, ESALQ- Universidade de São Paulo, 13418- 900 Piracicaba-SP, Brazil
Instituto de Biociências, Depto. Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Cotonou, Republic of Benin
Acari Phytoseiidae Typhlodromalus Typhlodromips Australiseiulus Typhlodromus taxonomy

Abstract

Five new mite species of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) are described from Central Africa: Typhlodromalus breviscutus n. sp., Typhlodromips occidentafricanus n. sp., Typhlodromips extrasetus n. sp., Australiseiulus laterisetus n. sp. and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cephalochaitosus n. sp.

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