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Issue: Vol. 2232 No. 1: 15 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2232.1.2
Page range: 29–49
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 1

Five new species of Tetranychidae (Acarina, Prostigmata) from south Tunisian oasis areas

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR CBGP (INRA / IRD / CIRAD / Montpellier SupAgro), Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France
Ecole Supérieure d'Horticulture de Chott-Mariem, Département de Protection des Plantes, Laboratoire de Zoologie agricole, 4042 Sousse, Tunisie
Institut National Agronomique, Département de Protection des Plantes, Laboratoire de Zoologie agricole, Tunis, Tunisie
Centre de Recherches Phoenicicoles, 2260 Degache, Tunisie
CNPq-Brazil Researcher Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, Universidade de São Paulo/ ESALQ, Piracicaba, Brasil
Acari Bryobia alveolata sp. nov. Aplonobia crispipilis sp. nov. Petrobia (Petrobia) carthagensis sp. nov. Petrobia (Petrobia) pseudotetranychina sp. nov. Tetranychus (Tetranychus) atriplexi sp. nov. Tunisia

Abstract

In this paper we present the description of five new species of tetranychid mites collected in south Tunisian oasis areas. These are: Bryobia alveolata sp. nov., Aplonobia crispipilis sp. nov., Petrobia (Petrobia) carthagensis sp. nov., Petrobia (Petrobia) pseudotetranychina sp. nov. and Tetranychus (Tetranychus) atriplexi sp. nov. The notion of dorsal tubercles used to separate the sub-genera Tetranychina from Petrobia sensu stricto and Mesotetranychus among the genus Petrobia is also discussed.

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