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Issue: Vol. 1756 No. 1: 24 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1756.1.3
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of the genus Parawenhoekia (Acari: Chyzeriidae) from Montenegro

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Crna Gora, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Acari Chyzeriidae new species larva ectoparasite Acrididae Montenegro

Abstract

Parawenhoekia seadi n. sp. (Acari: Chyzeriidae) is described and illustrated from larvae ectoparasitic on adults of unidentified grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and male of Dolycoris barbarum (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Montenegro. A key to the species of Parawenhoekia of the world (larva) is presented.

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