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Issue: Vol. 4347 No. 2: 13 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.9
Page range: 346–360
Abstract views: 71
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New species and new records of Uropodina from Virginia, USA (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Researches, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, H-1525 PO Box, 102. Hungary.
Acari Uropodina new species new records taxonomy Virginia

Abstract

Jedediella hoffmani sp. nov. and Trachytes virginiana sp. nov. are described on the basis of specimens from Virginia USA. This paper also presents the first published records of Trachytes balazyi Wiśniewski & Hirschmann, 1994, Discourella gaitlinburgiana Wiśniewski & Hirschmann, 1994 and Discourella modestasimilis Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 from Virginia, and the first record of Discourella modestasimilis from USA.

 

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