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Issue: Vol. 75 No. 1: 3 Oct. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.75.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 51
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New Brazilian eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae)

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo / ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo / ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Acari phytophagous mites Aceria Shevtchenkella Cosella

Abstract

A survey to determine the mite fauna on plants of the natural vegetation of southeast Brazil led to the determination of: Aceria coussapoae Flechtmann & Moraes n. sp. from Coussapoa microcarpa (Cecropiaceae), Shevtchenkella desmodivagus Flechtmann n. sp. from Desmodium barbatum (Leguminosae) and Cosella ceratopudenda Flechtmann n. sp. from Piptadenia gonoacantha (Leguminosae). Those species are described in this paper.

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