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Issue: Vol. 2962 No. 1: 11 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2962.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 2

A new flat mite (Acari: Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae) from date palm in the Sultanate of Oman

Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ) - Universidade de São Paulo; 13418-900 Piracicaba — S.P.; Brazil
Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural and Livestock Research - Dhofar Region, P.O. Box 1286, 211, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman
Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ) - Universidade de São Paulo; 13418-900 Piracicaba — S.P.; Brazil
Acari taxonomy date palm Oman

Abstract

Tenuipalpus omani n. sp. (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is described from the Sultanate of Oman, based on adults of both sexes collected on date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecaceae). This new species is most similar to T. eriophyoides Baker, T. pareriophyoides Meyer & Gerson and T. yarensis Hasan, Bashir & Wakil, also collected from date palm.

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