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Issue: Vol. 1425 No. 1: 15 Mar. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-03-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1425.1.4
Page range: 29–33
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new taxa in the Eriophyidae (Acari, Prostigmata) from the Brazilian fauna

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, University of Sao Paulo/ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agricola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Acari Eriophyidae Eriophyoidea taxonomy Brazil plant feeding new species

Abstract

Aceria celata n. sp., from leaf erineum galls of Heteropteris aceroides Griseb, and Epitrimerus edsilvai n. sp. a vagrant specis from leaves of Nectandra megapotamica (Spreng.) Mez. are described from female and male specimens, from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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