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Issue: Vol. 1731 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1731.1.5
Page range: 51–62
Abstract views: 27
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Subfamilial affiliation of Neoscirula (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) and descriptions of three new species of this genus from Brazil

Setor de Zoologia, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agricola, Escola Superior de Agricultura “ Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil, 13418-900 South African address: Department of Entomology and Zoology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
Departamento de Fitossanidade, UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil, 14884-900
Acari Bdelloidea Coleoscirinae Neotropical Taxonomy Identification key

Abstract

The original affiliation of the genus Neoscirula Den Heyer to the subfamily Coleoscirinae Den Heyer, 1979 is maintained. Three new species of this genus are described and illustrated, viz. N. flechtmanni sp. nov., N. oliveirai sp. nov. and N. queirozi sp. nov.. A key to the Brazilian and South African species is provided.

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