Gehypochthonius marianoi n. sp. (Acari: Oribatida), from sand dunes in coastal ArgentinaMartinez P.A. and Bernava Laborde V.
2000 - Volume: 41 Issue: 3 pages: 381-389
Date accepted: 2000-02, Date published: 2001-09-28
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Keywords: mites, Oribatida, Parhyposomata, Gehypochthonius, coastal sand dunes, Argentina
Gehypochthonius marianoi n. sp. (Acari: Oribatida) is described from adults and immatures collected in coastal sand dunes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The species is compared with adults and immatures of G. rhadamanthus and G. xarifae respectively, and included in the rhadamanthus complex. The diagnosis of this complex is discussed.
Photos:
Varroa destructor (Varroidae) on a honey bee. Low temperature -Scanning electron microscopy photograph.
Material collected and fixed for LT-SEM: J. Pettis, USDA-ARS-Bee Lab. and R. Ochoa, USDA-ARS-SEL;
LT-SEM photo: E. Erbe and C. Pooley, USDA-ARS-CEMU © USDA;
Petrobia harti (Tetranychidae) © INRA - Alain Migeon;
Dermanyssus gallinae (Dermanysssidae) © Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon – Lise Roy;
Adult Ixodes sp. (Ixodidae) engorging on an Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica © Andy Darrington;
Panonychus ulmi (Tetranychidae): hatching of a winter egg © Université de Lausanne – Centre de microscopie électronique – Cazelles
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