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Issue: Vol. 2337 No. 1: 18 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2337.1.2
Page range: 18–30
Abstract views: 28
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New taxa in the Eriophyidae (Acari, Prostigmata) from forest trees in southern Brazil

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo, ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Embrapa Florestas, Caixa Postal 319, 83411-000 Colombo, Paraná, Brazil
Acari Eriophyidae forest trees taxonomy

Abstract

Two new genera and five new species of Eriophyidae from forest trees in southern Brazil are described, namely: Juxtacolopodacus n. gen., Juxtacolopodacus phalakros n. sp. from Mollinedia clavigera Tul. (Monimiaceae); Procalacarus perporosus n. sp., from Randia armata (Sw.) (Rubiaceae); Scolotosus Flechtmann & Keifer, n.gen., Scolotosus centrolobii Flechtmann & Keifer, n. sp., from Centrolobium robustum Mart. (Leguminosae); Scolotosus hartfordi n. sp., from Centrolobium tomentosum Guill. (Leguminosae), and Metaculus tanythrix n. sp., from Dicksonia sellowiana Hook. (Dicksoniaceae).

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