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Issue: Vol. 2741 No. 1: 17 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2741.1.3
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 35
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Two species of Neocypholaelaps from Sri Lanka (Acari: Ameroseiidae), with description of a new species

Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ) - Universidade de São Paulo; 13418-900 Piracicaba — S.P.; Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ) - Universidade de São Paulo; 13418-900 Piracicaba — S.P.; Brazil
Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila, 61150 Sri Lanka
Acari Ascoidea palm tree taxonomy

Abstract

Two species of Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum are reported from Sri Lanka. One of them, Neocypholaelaps ceylonicus Narita & Moraes, n. sp., is described based on adult females. The other, Neocypholaelaps ampullula (Berlese), originally described from Indonesia, is reported for the first time in Sri Lanka. Complementary morphological information about this species is provided based on the specimens collected in this study. A discussion is presented about the spermathecal apparatus of Neocypholaelaps species.

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