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Issue: Vol. 4032 No. 5: 20 Oct. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.5.6
Page range: 569–581
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Araucaria Forest of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with new records and descriptions of four new species

Departamento Fitossanidade/FAEM/UFPel, Pelotas-RS, CP 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Departamento Fitossanidade/FAEM/UFPel, Pelotas-RS, CP 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES - Centro Universitário, 95900-000 Lajeado, RS, Brazil.
CNPq Researcher, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
CNPq Researcher, Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES - Centro Universitário, 95900-000 Lajeado, RS, Brazil.
Acari Amblyseiinae predatory mite natural environment southern Brazil

Abstract

This paper reports on the Phytoseiidae from an Araucaria forest in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, describing four new species, namely Transeius kroeffis n. sp., Typhlodromalus araucariae n. sp., Typhlodromips pompeui n. sp. and Typhlodromips salvadorii n. sp.. Iphiseiodes moraesi Ferla & Silva, Neoseiulus tunus (DeLeon), Typhlodromips japi Lofego, Demite & Feres, Typhlodromips pallinii Gonçalves, Silva & Ferla, Typhloseiopsis dorsoreticulatus Lofego, Demite & Feres are reported for the first time from this type of habitat in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.