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1 February 2015 New species and new records of subfamily Abrolophinae (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Kamran, Fahad J. Alatawi
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The genera Abrolophus Berlese and Nagoricanella Haitlinger are reported for the first time from Saudi Arabia with A. rudaensis (Haitlinger) and N. salehi sp. nov. The new species is described and illustrated from larvae. The species Marantelophus emanueli (Haitlinger) comb. nov. is transferred from the genus GrandjeanellaSouthcott to Marantelophus Haitlinger on the base of position of sensillae ASE. Also a key to world species of the genus Nagoricanella is provided.

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Muhammad Kamran and Fahad J. Alatawi "New species and new records of subfamily Abrolophinae (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Saudi Arabia," Systematic and Applied Acarology 20(2), 195-202, (1 February 2015). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.20.2.6
Received: 6 November 2014; Accepted: 21 December 2014; Published: 1 February 2015
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Abrolophus
Al-Qassim
Al-Riyadh
erythraeid mites
larva
Marantelophus
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