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Issue: Vol. 4942 No. 2: 12 Mar. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.6
Page range: 229–251
Abstract views: 273
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First record of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from India with description of two new species

Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, West Bengal, India.
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, West Bengal, India.
Acari Metatarsonemus taxonomy description keys India

Abstract

Two new species of Metatarsonemus Attiah, 1970 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Tarsonemidae), M. badurkani Karmakar & Mondal sp. nov. and M. shirishi Karmakar & Mondal sp. nov., are described based on specimens collected from Ziziphus jujubae (Rhamnaceae), Lagerstroemia speciosa (Lythraceae), Piper betle (Piperaceae) and Albizia lebbeck (Leguminosae) in West Bengal, India. A larval description of M. shirishi and a dichotomous key to the species of Metatarsonemus are provided.

 

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