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Issue: Vol. 47 No. 1: 5 Jul. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.47.1.1
Page range: 1–16
Abstract views: 40
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New records of plant mites (Acari, Acaridae, Tetranychidae) from Guadeloupe and Marie Galante with descriptions of five new eriophyid species

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo/ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brasil
Villa Agla, Ravine Chaude, 97129 Lamentin, Guadeloupe
Acari plant mites taxonomy distribution.

Abstract

Eight species are reported and described from Guadeloupe and Marie Galante: an acarid mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank), two spider mites, Mononychellus planki (McGregor) and Tetranychus desertorum ( Banks), and five new species of Eriophyidae, namely Cosella nudifemoralis, C. spinicauda, Ectomerus triquetrus, Acalitus simplex and Cenaca decorata.

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