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24 May 2016 A new species of Agistemus Summers (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) from Brazil, with a key to the American species
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Bagheri, Aloyséia Cristina Da Silva Noronha
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Abstract

A new species of Agistemus, A. amazonicus Paktinat-Saeij, Bagheri & Noronha sp. nov. is described based on females collected from leaves of Cupuaçu (Cupuassu) trees (Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. Ex Spreng.) Schumann), in the Pará state, Brazil. Also, a key to the American Agistemus species is provided.

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Saeid Paktinat-Saeij, Mohammad Bagheri, and Aloyséia Cristina Da Silva Noronha "A new species of Agistemus Summers (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) from Brazil, with a key to the American species," Systematic and Applied Acarology 21(6), 813-819, (24 May 2016). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.21.6.8
Received: 11 February 2016; Accepted: 1 April 2016; Published: 24 May 2016
KEYWORDS
Para State
predatory mites
Raphignathoidea
species key
systematics
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