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Issue: Vol. 4034 No. 2: 29 Oct. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.10
Page range: 390–398
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of a new species of Ameroseius Berlese (Acari: Ameroseiidae) from Norway, with a key to related species

Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. CNPq Researcher, Brazil
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway.
Mesostigmata taxonomy litter strawberry

Abstract

Ameroseius is the largest genus of the mite family Ameroseiidae (Mesostigmata), with a worldwide distribution. Ameroseius norvegicus Narita, Abduch & Moraes n. sp. is described based on the morphology of adult females collected from litter in a strawberry field, in Norway. The new species is most similar to Ameroseius ulmi Hirschmann. A key is provided to separate them as well as other similar species constituting what is here referred to as the sculptilis group.