TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - New parasitism record of Pyemotes tritici (LaGreze-Fossat & Montagne, 1851) (Acari: Pyemotidae) on boll weevils inside cotton squares VL - 62 IS - 2 SP - 426 EP - 430 PY - 2022 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - da Silva, Carlos A. D. AU - de Moraes, Gilberto J. AU - Castilho, Raphael C. AU - Ramalho, Francisco S. AU - Lima, Tardelly A. UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/lldq-iy5f DO - 10.24349/lldq-iy5f DA - 2022-04-14 ET - 2022-04-14 KW - Anthonomus grandis KW - dust mite KW - parasitism KW - toxin AB - We report the occurrence of Pyemotes tritici (LaGreze-Fossat & Montagne) (Acari: Pyemotidae) parasitizing the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in shed squares of cotton grown in a greenhouse. Parasitized larvae, pupae and adults of the cotton boll weevil had abdominal sternites and/or tergites covered by whitish spherical physogastric females of P. tritici. This is the first record of the cotton boll weevil parasitized by this mite species. ER -