<strong>Rediscovery and redescription of <em>Tetranychus gigas</em> (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae)</strong>

DENISE NÁVIA; CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.547.1.1

Issue: Vol. 547 No. 1: 21 Jun. 2004

Type: Article

Published: 2004-06-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.547.1.1

Page range: 1–8

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**Rediscovery and redescription of Tetranychus gigas (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae)**

DENISE NÁVIA⁺⁻
CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN⁺⁻

Embrapa, Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Caixa Postal 02372, 70.770-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil

CNPq-Brasil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo – ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

Acari Tetranychidae Tetranychus gigas redescription Brazilian fauna

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Abstract

Tetranychus gigas Pritchard & Baker, 1955 is redescribed from paratypes and from Brazilian specimens collected from soybean.

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