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Issue: Vol. 1386 No. 1: 4 Jan. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1386.1.4
Page range: 39–46
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Phyllocoptinae mites (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) associated with ornamental plants in Brazil

Researcher, 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, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13.418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Acari Eriophyoidea plant feeding mites taxonomy South America

Abstract

Three new species of Phyllocoptinae mites (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) from Brazil namely Acaricalus souzae n. sp. (Acaricalini), from common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea (Convolvulaceae); Aculops fenestratus n. sp. (Anthocoptini), from royal poinciana or flamboyant, Delonix regia (Fabaceae); and Porcupinotus costaspinosus n. sp. (Anthocoptini), from Abarema cochliacarpos (Mimosaceae) are described. The eriophyoid mite species were causing no apparent damage.

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