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Issue: Vol. 1768 No. 1: 14 May. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1768.1.3
Page range: 52–60
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

False spider mites of the genus Pentamerismus McGregor (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu – Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan
Acari Tenuipalpidae Pentamerismus false spider mite Iran

Abstract

One known species of the false spider mite genus Pentamerismus, P. judicious De Leon is redescribed. Two new species, P. ueckermanni sp. nov. and P. behsharicus sp. nov. are described and figured based on females collected from Juniperus polycarpus L. leaves, Mazandaran province, Iran. A key to all known species of this genus is given.

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