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Issue: Vol. 23 No. 1: 25 Feb. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.23.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 4

Three new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from the State of São Paulo, Brazil

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo / ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo / ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Acari Abacarus Aceria taxonomy forest ornamental Nectandra membranacea Lauraceae Guapira opposita Nyctaginaceae Acalypha reptans Euphorbiaceae

Abstract

Three new species of eriophyid mites are described from the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Abacarus nectandrae n. sp. and Aceria megalops n. sp. were found on Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb (Lauraceae) and Guapira opposita (Vell.) Reitz (Nyctaginaceae), respectively, both native trees of the Atlantic Forest. Aceria korykis n. sp. was found on the ornamental Acalypha reptans Sn. (Euphorbiaceae), introduced from India and commonly cultivated in Brazil.

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