Description of a new species of Neoparaphytoseius Chant and McMurtry (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Peru, with a redefinition of the genus

SOFÍA JIMÉNEZ; JAMES A. McMURTRY; GILBERTO J. DE MORAES

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.8

Issue: Vol. 3841 No. 2: 25 Jul. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-07-25

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.8

Page range: 293–300

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**Description of a new species of Neoparaphytoseius Chant and McMurtry (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Peru, with a redefinition of the genus**

SOFÍA JIMÉNEZ⁺⁻
JAMES A. McMURTRY⁺⁻
GILBERTO J. DE MORAES⁺⁻

Depto. de Fitossanidade, FCAV-UNESP, 144884-900 Jaboticabal - SP, Brazil

Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, P.O. Box 4487, Sunriver, Oregon 97707, USA

CNPq researcher, Depto. de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

taxonomy biological control predator Neoparaphytoseius

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Abstract

Neoparaphytoseius charapa n. sp. is described, based on the morphology of adult females and males collected on Inga edulis (Mart.) (Fabaceae) in northeastern Peru. Neoparaphytoseius Chant & McMurtry is redefined on the basis of the new species and re-examination of its type species N. sooretamus Chant & McMurtry.