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Issue: Vol. 1093 No. 1: 8 Dec. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-12-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1093.1.5
Page range: 55–59
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 5

Two new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Cameroon, Central Africa

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal Cotonou, Bénin
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal Cotonou, Bénin Swiss College of Agriculture, Länggasse 85, CH-3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland Institut für Natur-, Landschafts- und Umweltschutz – Biogeographie der Universität Basel, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 10, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal Cotonou, Bénin IITA-Benin, c/o L. W. Lambourn, 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon, CR9 3EE, United Kingdom
Depto. Entomol., Fitopatol. e Zool. Agrícola, ESALQ - Univ. São Paulo, Piracicaba-SP, Brasil
Acari Phytoseiidae Amblyseiinae predator biological control Neoseiulus yanineki Typhlodromips cameroonensis taxonomy

Abstract

Two new mite species of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Neoseiulus yanineki sp. nov. and Typhlodromips cameroonensis sp. nov.,  are described from Cameroon, Central Africa.

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