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Published: 2020-01-07
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New species of predatory mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) for southern Brazil

Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari—Univates, Lajeado, 95914-014, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari—Univates, Lajeado, 95914-014, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari—Univates, Lajeado, 95914-014, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari—Univates, Lajeado, 95914-014, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari—Univates, Lajeado, 95914-014, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Acari Cunaxoides forest fragment Ipomoea alba Lupaeus

Abstract

Two new species of Cunaxidae, Cunaxoides lajeadensis Wurlitzer & Monjarás-Barrera sp. nov. and Lupaeus waldumirus Wurlitzer & Monjarás-Barrera sp. nov., are described from Ipomoea alba L. (Convolvulaceae) on the edge of an urban forest fragment.

 

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