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Eotetranychus tremae De Leon: additional descriptions and illustrations (Acari, Tetranychidae)

Abstract

Eotetranychus tremae De Leon, 1957 is reported for the second time from Brazil; additional descriptive characters and figures are given.

Tetranychidae; Eotetranychus; plant mites; spider mites; taxonomy


Eotetranychus tremae De Leon: additional descriptions and illustrations (Acari, Tetranychidae)

Carlos H.W. Flechtmann

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, ESALQ. Caixa Postal 9,13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil. Researcher of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq)

ABSTRACT

Eotetranychus tremae De Leon, 1957 is reported for the second time from Brazil; additional descriptive characters and figures are given.

Key words: Tetranychidae, Eotetranychus, plant mites, spider mites, taxonomy

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I thank Prof. Dr. Vinicius Castro Souza, Department of Botany, University of São Paulo - ESALQ, for the identification of the Brazilian host plant.

Recebido em 19.XII.1995; aceito em 04.VIII.1996.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    23 July 2009
  • Date of issue
    1996

History

  • Received
    19 July 1995
  • Accepted
    04 Aug 1996
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