Two New Species of Histiostoma Kramer and Caloglyphus Berlese (Acari: Acaridida) from Citrus Orchards in Assiut, Egypt | ||||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 48, 1-1, February 2017, Page 182-190 PDF (875.82 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2016.3740 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| On the occurrence of mite species affiliated to the Acaridida in Egypt is still far below the taxa discovered in other countries despite the description of many species and few genera especially in Upper Egypt. The current study focused on describing two new species pertaining to the families Acaridae (Caloglyphus citri n. sp.) and Histiostomatidae (Histiostoma herbali n. sp.) described herein as hypopi (heteromorphic deutonymphs) from soil and bermuda grass in citrus orchards in Assiut, Egypt. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| : Acari; Acaridida; Histiostomatidae; Acaridae; Caloglyphus; Histiostoma; citrus; Egypt | ||||
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