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Issue: Vol. 3755 No. 1: 20 Jan. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-01-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.1.4
Page range: 87–95
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Brevipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and key to the Egyptian species

Fruit Acarology Department, Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt.
Fruit Acarology Department, Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt.
Acari Tenuipalpidae flat mite Brevipalpus noranae sp. nov. Egypt

Abstract

A new species, Brevipalpus noranae sp. nov. (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is described and illustrated from females collected on Malus domestica Borkh and Citrus aurantium L. A key to the species of the genus Brevipalpus present in Egypt is provided.