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A new genus of Neothrombiidae (Acari: Trombidioidea) from Yemen

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute Private Bag X134 Queenswood, Pretoria 0121 South Africa
Cha de Vaca, São Jorge dos Orgãos, Santiago, Cape Verde
Acari Neothrombiidae new genus larva key Yemen

Abstract

Solistrus mitrae gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from an unknown host collected with a light trap at Al Kowd, Yemen. This is the first record of the family Neothrombiidae in Yemen. The new taxon is based on the larva; deutonymphs and adults remain unknown.

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