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New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the French Antilles, with description of Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov.

ENSA.M / INRA, Unité d’Ecologie animale et de Zoologie agricole, Laboratoire d’Acarologie, 2 Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France
ENSA.M / INRA, Unité d’Ecologie animale et de Zoologie agricole, Laboratoire d’Acarologie, 2 Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France
INRA, Centre Antilles-Guyane, Domaine Duclos, F-97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France
Acari French Caribbean Islands biodiversity hotspots biogeography Neoseiulus cecileae

Abstract

Twenty-six species of Phytoseiidae are reported from French Caribbean islands. One of them, Neoseiulus cecileae, is described as new to science. Five species are newly reported from the French Antilles and four are newly recorded from one of the French islands.

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