Notes on Erythraeus phalangoides (Acari: Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae)

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Abstract
In this paper, we give new data on larval specimens of E. (E.) phalangoides deposited in the South Australian Museum (SAM), and transfer Erythraeus (Erythraeus) walii Kamran, Afzal, Raza, Bashir & Ahmad, 2011 to the subgenus Erythraeus (Zaracarus).

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