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Issue: Vol. 48 No. 1: 5 Jul. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.48.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Panonychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Peru

Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Acari Panonychus spider mite taxonomy Malus domestica Peru

Abstract

A new spider mite, Panonychus inca n. sp., collected on Malus domestica in Peru is described. This is the only known Panonychus species with the distal end of the aedeagus bent up and forward.

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