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Issue: Vol. 3446 No. 1: 30 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3446.1.3
Page range: 49–59
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) on palms (Arecaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon: a new genus and four new species

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco–UFRPE. Departamento de Agronomia, Área de Fitossanidade. 52171–900, Recife. PE, Brazil
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco–UFRPE. Departamento de Agronomia, Área de Fitossanidade. 52171–900, Recife. PE, Brazil
Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Laboratório de Quarentena Vegetal, C. P. 02372, 70.770–900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
CNPq-Brazil-Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo–ESALQ. Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia. C. Postal 9, 13418–900 Piracicaba. SP, Brazil
Acari Phytoptidae Eriophyidae taxonomy Neotropical Brazil

Abstract

A new genus and four new species of eriophyoid mites associated with native palm trees (Arecaceae) are described andillustrated from the Brazilian Amazon in the State of Roraima, Brazil. They include a new genus and two new species inthe family Eriophyidae, namely, Reginesus n. gen. et macuxi n. sp. from Bactris aff. maraja Mart. and Nasuchus socratean. sp. from Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H. Wendl. and Bactris gasipaes Kunth. Two new species were also described inthe family Phytoptidae: Propilus bactris n. sp. from Bactris maraja Mart. and Retracrus pupunha n. sp. from Bactris gasipaes Kunth.

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