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27 October 2021 First record of Fungitarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from India with description of three new species from the state of West Bengal
Priyankar Mondal, Krishna Karmakar
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Abstract

Three new species of Fungitarsonemus Cromroy, 1958 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Tarsonemidae), F. baganbilasae Karmakar & Mondal sp. nov., F. icchepaharicus Karmakar & Mondal sp. nov., F. rishyapensis Karmakar & Mondal sp. nov., are described based on the specimens collected from Bougainvillea glabra (Nyctaginaceae) in a part of the lower Gangetic plains located in Nadia district; Citrus reticulata (Rutaceae), Jasminum mesnyi (Oleaceae) and Prunus domestica (Rosaceae) in parts of the Central Himalayan biotic province spread across the hills of Darjeeling and Kalimpong district of West Bengal, India. This registers the first record of Fungitarsonemus from India.

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Priyankar Mondal and Krishna Karmakar "First record of Fungitarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from India with description of three new species from the state of West Bengal," Systematic and Applied Acarology 26(11), 2027-2047, (27 October 2021). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.26.11.4
Received: 25 January 2021; Accepted: 30 August 2021; Published: 27 October 2021
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Fungitarsonemus
Himalayan species
India
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