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Issue: Vol. 3507 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2012
Type: Article
Published: 2012-10-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3507.1.5
Page range: 84–88
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species of Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from house dust from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES - Centro Universitário, 95900-000 Lajeado, RS, Brazil
Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES - Centro Universitário, 95900-000 Lajeado, RS, Brazil
Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES - Centro Universitário, 95900-000 Lajeado, RS, Brazil
Acari dust mite predatory mite taxonomy Typhlodrominae

Abstract

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) sabelisi n. sp., a member of the rhenanus species group, is described from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil, based on specimens collected from house dust removed from a curtain using a vacuum cleaner. So far, only Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) ornatus (Denmark & Muma, 1973) and T. (A.) transvaalensis (Nesbitt, 1951) have been reported from the State of Rio Grande do Sul. A key to the species of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) De Leon reported in Brazil is provided.

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