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Issue: Vol. 2578 No. 1: 27 Aug. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-08-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2578.1.1
Page range: 1–24
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New spider mite genus (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from Australia & New Zealand, with a discussion of Yezonychus Ehara

Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Qld, 4101, Australia
Royal Alberta Museum, 12845 – 102 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5N 0M6, Canada
Acari Rigiotetranychus Schizotetranychus split empodia Stigmaeopsis Tetranychini Tribolonychus web nest Yunonyhcus

Abstract

The concept of Yezonychus Ehara is revised. A new genus, Neonidulus, is erected to accommodate four species: N. cornus (Pritchard & Baker), N. falsicornus (Zhang & Martin) and N. brevipilus (Zhang & Martin) from New Zealand, and a new species described from the central east coast of Australia, N. tereotus.

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