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Issue: Vol. 39 No. 1: 21 May 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.39.1.1
Page range: 1–5
Abstract views: 39
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A new species of Proartacris Mohanasundaram (Acari: Eriophyidae) on Cedrus sp. in France

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo / ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
ENSAM/INRA, Department of Plant Protection, Laboratory of Acarology, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France.
Acari Taxonomy Eriophyidae Cedrus sp.

Abstract

Proartacris cedrina n.sp. (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) is described from adults of both sexes collected on needles of Cedrus sp. in Reims, France. A key to the species of Proartacris is provided.

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