Plant mites of the Dominican Republic, with a description of a new species of Petrobia (Tetranychina) Wainstein, 1960 (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae) and a key to the species of this subgenus

LEOCADIA SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ; CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN; GILBERTO J. DE MORAES

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.3

Issue: Vol. 3846 No. 4: 5 Aug. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-08-05

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.3

Page range: 547–560

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**Plant mites of the Dominican Republic, with a description of a new species of Petrobia (Tetranychina) Wainstein, 1960 (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae) and a key to the species of this subgenus**

LEOCADIA SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ⁺⁻
CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN⁺⁻
GILBERTO J. DE MORAES⁺⁻

Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), C.Postal 10147 Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo – ESALQ. Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia. C.Postal 9, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.

Phytophagous mites taxonomy Caribbean

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Abstract

Fourteen mite species of plant-associated mites of the suborder Prostigmata are reported from the Dominican Republic. Four of these refer to new findings for the country, including Petrobia (Tetranychina) hispaniola n. sp. Sánchez & Flechtmann, described from specimens collected from leaves of Citrus sp. (Rutaceae) and Rosa sp. (Rosaceae). A key for the separation of the world species of Petrobia (Tetranychina) is presented.