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Issue: Vol. 1125 No. 1: 10 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1125.1.4
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Acari, Tenuipalpidae) from the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Depto. de Zoologia e Botânica, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista; Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. 15054-000
Programa de Pós-Graduação-Biologia Animal, UNESP, campus de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Acari Tenuipalpidae Tenuipalpus taxonomy false spider mites

Abstract

Three new species of Tenuipalpus, T. carlosflechtmanni n. sp., T. moraesi n. sp. and T. ariauae n. sp., collected on wild plants in Brazil, are described and illustrated.

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