REVISION OF THE GENUS Pediculaster VITZTHUM, 1927 (ACARI: PYGMEPHORIDAE) OF EGYPT WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES | ||
| Journal of Productivity and Development | ||
| Article 2, Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 13-23 PDF (743.41 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpd.2014.42608 | ||
| Author | ||
| Nabil omar | ||
| Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Technology & Development, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A new pygmephorid mite species, Pediculaster egypticus n. sp.(Acari: Tarsonemida), associated with the housefly, Musca vicina (Macquart)(Insecta: Diptera) is illustrated and described morphologically along with a revision and a key to the recorded Egyptian species, P. gallinae Zaher & Kandeel; P. arabicus Zaher & Kandeel; P. monoufiensis Sevastianov&Abo-Korah; P. amerahaeSevastianov & Abo-Korah and P. zaheri Sevastianov & Abo-Korah. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Taxonomy; Pediculaster egypticus n. sp; Musca vicina; Egypt | ||
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