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Issue: Vol. 4242 No. 2: 10 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.9
Page range: 372–382
Abstract views: 96
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Stigmaeidae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Rhaphignathoidea) from Brazil

Young Researchers and Elite Club, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran.
Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Departamento de Fitossanidade, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellani, s/n, CEP 14884-900, Vila Industrial, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.
Acari Prostigmata Agistemus Eryngiopus predatory mites systematics Amazonas State Alagoas State

Abstract

Two new species of Stigmaeidae, Agistemus rodriguezi Paktinat-Saeij & Cruz sp. nov. and Eryngiopus moraesi Paktinat-Saeij & Barroso sp. nov. are described and illustrated on the basis of adult specimens from northern Brazil.

 

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