<strong>A new genus and a new species of phytoseiid mite (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from northeastern Brazil</strong>

K. K.M. FIABOE; G. J. DE MORAES; M. G.C. GONDIM Jr

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.599.1.1

Issue: Vol. 599 No. 1: 9 Aug. 2004

Type: Article

Published: 2004-08-09

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.599.1.1

Page range: 1–4

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A new genus and a new species of phytoseiid mite (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from northeastern Brazil

K. K.M. FIABOE⁺⁻
G. J. DE MORAES⁺⁻
M. G.C. GONDIM Jr⁺⁻

Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), 52171-900 Recife-PE, Brazil Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ-USP), 13418-900 Piracicaba-SP, Brazil CNPq researcher

Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), 52171-900 Recife-PE, Brazil CNPq researcher

Acari Phytoseiidae taxonomy predator Brazil biological control

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Abstract

A new genus and a new species of phytoseiid mite, Tenuisternum bahiense n. g., n. sp., collected from Solanum paludosum Moric (Solanaceae), is described from the State of Bahia, northeastern Brazil.

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