Two new Brazilian Parasitengona belonging to the genera Callidosoma Womersley, 1936 and Durenia Vercammen-Grandjean, 1955 are described from larvae associated with, respectively, Lepidoptera and Culicidae. Updated keys for larvae of both genera and Scanning Electron Microscopy pictures of Callidosoma selmae sp. nov. are presented.
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3 January 2017
Two new Brazilian Parasitengona larvae: Callidosoma (Acari, Erythraeidae) parasite of Lepidoptera and Durenia (Acari, Trombellidae) parasite of Culicidae (Diptera), with keys to the species
Samuel Geremias Dos Santos Costa,
Hans Klompen,
Emili Bortolon Dos Santos,
Mario Arthur Favretto,
Almir RogÉRio Pepato
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Brazil
Culicidae
Lepidoptera
Neotropical Region
Parasitengona
species key