Rediscovery and complementary description of Amblyseius riodocei El-Banhawy, 1984 (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Peterson R. Demite; Jandir C. Santos; Anderson M. Holtz

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec05007

Authors

Peterson R. Demite Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, MT, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6376-5463
Jandir C. Santos Independent Researcher, ON, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6307-2472
Anderson M. Holtz Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo (IFES), Campus Itapina, Colatina, ES, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-1049

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec05007

Keywords:

Atlantic Forest, Mesostigmata, Mites, Predators

Abstract

Amblyseius riodocei El-Banahwy, 1984 (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is rediscovery from material collected in Aracruz, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. A complementary description is provided with measurements and illustrations of the collected specimen.

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