New eriophyoid mites (Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) associated with palm trees (Arecaceae) from South America

作者:Reis Aleuny C*; Gondim Manoel G C Jr; Ferragut Francisco; Navia Denise
来源:International Journal of Acarology, 2014, 40(3): 230-246.
DOI:10.1080/01647954.2014.905296

摘要

Four new species of eriophyoid mites associated with native palm trees (Arecaceae) from the Amazon and Pantanal, Brazil, and from Cocora Andean Valley, Colombia, are described and illustrated. They include three new species in the Eriophyidae, all in Notostrix Keifer - Notostrix speciosasp. nov., from Attalea speciosa Mart. ex. Spreng; Notostrix jumasp. nov., from Bactris glaucescens Drude; and Notostrix colombianasp. nov., from Ceroxylon quindiuense H. Karst; and one new species in the Phytoptidae, Propilus flechtmannisp. nov., from Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. ex. Spreng. Morphological differences between Notostrix and Propilus species, including the new taxa herein described, are summarized.

  • 出版日期2014-4