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Issue: Vol. 2876 No. 1: 12 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2876.1.3
Page range: 30–34
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species and complementary description of a known species of Iphiseiodes De Leon (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Laboratório de Acarologia, Centro Experimental do Instituto Biológico. Rodovia Heitor Penteado, km 3. CEP 13092-543. Campinas. São Paulo, Brazil
Departamento de Fitossanidade, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP, CEP 4884-900, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
CNPq Researcher, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-USP, CEP 13418-900. Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Acari predatory mite taxonomy biological control

Abstract

Species of Iphiseiodes De Leon have been reported only from tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. In this paper, a new species of this genus is described from southeastern Brazil and a complementary description is provided for Iphiseiodes saopaulus (Denmark & Muma).

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