New taxa of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from fruit trees in northeastern Brazil

2007/12/01 by Erika P. J. Britto, Manoel G. C. Gondim, Denise Návia +1 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1080/01647950708683696

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Abstract

A new genus and a new species of Phyllocoptini associated with soursop, Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae), namely Shrekin graviolae n. gen. and n. sp., and a new species of Nothopodini associated with the West Indian cherry, Malpighia emarginata Sessé and Moc. (Malpighiaceae), namely Cosella decorata n. sp., are described from the State of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil.

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