New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Madeira Island

Madeira is the largest of the four islands constituting Madeira Archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is located at 400 km from the Northern Canary Islands, at 500 km from Morocco and between 900 and 1000 km from South Portugal and Spain. So far, nineteen species of the mite family Phytoseiida...

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Published in:Acarologia
Main Authors: Kreiter, Serge, Douin, Martial, Tixier, Marie Stephane
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Acarologia 2021
Subjects:
Animalia
Arthropoda
Acari
Acariformes
survey
collection
taxonomy
systematics
predatory mites
Four Islands
North Atlantic
Mite
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20214428
http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4428
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Summary:Madeira is the largest of the four islands constituting Madeira Archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is located at 400 km from the Northern Canary Islands, at 500 km from Morocco and between 900 and 1000 km from South Portugal and Spain. So far, nineteen species of the mite family Phytoseiidae had been reported from this island. We report in this paper the results of a survey conducted in May 2019 in Madeira Island, in which 15 species have been found, six being new for the Island fauna. : Acarologia, 61, 217-240

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