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Issue: Vol. 4114 No. 4: 25 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.4.7
Page range: 477–484
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Epicriopsis Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae) from Brazil, with a key to the world species of the genus

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.
Acari Epicriopsis atuberculatus n. sp. taxonomy Macaúba palm

Abstract

Epicriopsis atuberculatus n. sp. is described, based on the morphology of adult females and males collected from macaúba palms (Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.; Arecaceae) in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. This is the first species of the genus described from the American continent, from where it has been rarely reported. A key to the world species of Epicriopsis is provided.

 

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