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Issue: Vol. 3753 No. 3: 7 Jan. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-01-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.3.3
Page range: 233–250
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of a new species of Terminalichus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from China

Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, Auckland, New Zealand.
Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Flat mite false spider mite Combretaceae Terminalia catappa ontogenetic changes

Abstract

A new species Terminalichus sanya Xu & Fan sp. nov. (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) on Terminalia catappa L. (Combretaceae) from China is described and illustrated. The ontogenetic changes in ventral and leg chaetotaxy on the female, deutonymph, protonymph and larva are presented. The generic definition of Terminalichus is updated and a key to the world species is provided.