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Issue: Vol. 1211 No. 1: 24 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1211.1.3
Page range: 35–51
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 3

Austrostigmaeus gen. n. (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae), with the description of a new species from Australia

Key Lab of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Current address: Landcare Research, Private Bag 92 170, Auckland, New Zealand
Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Plant Protection, The University of Queensland, Qld 4072, Australia
Acari Prostigmata Stigmaeidae new genus new species

Abstract

A new genus, Aust rostigmaeu s is proposed for a new species, A. walter i , from Western Australia. Aus trostigmaeu s is similar to Pilonychiopu s Meyer and Neilstigm aeus Gerson & Meyer in the absence of leg tarsal claws and the presence of a developed arolium. Comparative characters for separating Aust rostigmaeu s gen. n., Gymnostigmaeu s Ehara & Ueckermann, Neilstigmaeu s Gerson & Meyer, Pilonychiopu s Meyer and Su m mersiell a Gonzalez-R. are given. Both adult sexes and the deutonymph female are described and illustrated.

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