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- Title
- New Parobia (Acari: Podapolipidae) parasitic on pestiferous paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in eucalypt plantations
- Author/Creator
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Seeman, O D |
Nahrung, H F
- Description
- Chrysophtharta cloelia (Chapuis), C. variicollis (Chapuis) and Paropsis atomaria Olivier are pests of plantation eucalypts in eastern Australia. Each of these species were infested with podapolipid mites (Acari: Podapolipidae), a group of mainly sexually-transmitted parasites often found beneath the elytra of beetles. C. cloelia and C. variicollis were host to one species, Parobia captivus sp. nov., that closely resembles Parobia husbandi Seeman & Nahrung 2003. In contrast, Ps. atomaria was host to three species, Parobia alipilus sp. nov., Parobia gimlii sp. nov. and Parobia lawsoni sp. nov. We re-diagnose Parobia and make changes to the setal nomenclature presented for the type species P. husbandi.
- Relation
- Systematic and Applied Acarology / Vol. 10, pp.111-135
- Relation
- http://dx.doi.org/10.11158/saa.10.1.12
- Year
- 2005
- Publisher
- Systematic and Applied Acarology Society
- Subject
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FoR 0603 (Evolutionary Biology) |
sexually-transmitted parasites |
new species |
chrysophtharta |
paropsis |
Australia
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- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Identifier
- ISSN: 1362-1971
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