Abstract
Paracaphylla setifemorata, sp.n., the second species for the genus, an Eriophyidae - Phyllocoptinae acarina from Hydrangea sp. (Saxifragaceae) in Brazil, is described and figured.
Acari; Eriophyidae; Paracaphylla setifemorata; taxonomy; Hydrangea
A new Eriophyid mite from Hydrangea SP. in Brazil, Paracaphylla setifemorata, n.sp.
Carlos H.W. Flechtmann
Departamento de Zoologia. Universidade de São Paulo, ESALQ, Caixa Postal 9, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil. CNPq Fellow
ABSTRACT
Paracaphylla setifemorata, sp.n., the second species for the genus, an Eriophyidae - Phyllocoptinae acarina from Hydrangea sp. (Saxifragaceae) in Brazil, is described and figured.
Key words: Acari, Eriophyidae, Paracaphylla setifemorata, taxonomy, Hydrangea
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The help of J.W. Amrine Jr. and T.A. Stasny of the West Virginia University. USA. with basic information on Eriophyid taxonomy is appreciated, as well as of A. R. Monteiro of the University of São Paulo - ESALQ. with the Latin and Greek derivations.
Recebido em 19.VI.1995; aceito em 21.III.1996.
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- Mohanasundaram M. 1982 [1983]. New genera and species of Eriophyoidea (Acarina) from South India. Indian Jour. Acarol. 7 (2):53-58.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
22 July 2009 -
Date of issue
1995
History
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Received
19 June 1995 -
Accepted
21 Mar 1996
