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1 June 2005 New Parobia (Acari: Podapolipidae) parasitic on pestiferous paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Eucalypt Plantations
Owen D. Seeman, Helen F Nahrung
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Abstract

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.

© 2005 Systematic & Applied Acarology Society
Owen D. Seeman and Helen F Nahrung "New Parobia (Acari: Podapolipidae) parasitic on pestiferous paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Eucalypt Plantations," Systematic and Applied Acarology 10(1), 111-135, (1 June 2005). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.10.1.13
Accepted: 1 June 2005; Published: 1 June 2005
KEYWORDS
Australia
Chrysophtharta
new species
Paropsis
sexually-transmitted parasites
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