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Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from the USA: morphological and molecular assessment of its density

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2007

M.-S. Tixier ,
S. Kreiter ,
B.A. Croft  and
B. Cheval
M.-S. Tixier*
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité d'Ecologie Animale et de Zoologie Agricole, Laboratoire d'Acarologie, 2, Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France
S. Kreiter
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité d'Ecologie Animale et de Zoologie Agricole, Laboratoire d'Acarologie, 2, Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France
B.A. Croft
Affiliation:
Oregon State University, Department of Entomology, Corvallis, OR 97331-2907, USA
B. Cheval
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité d'Ecologie Animale et de Zoologie Agricole, Laboratoire d'Acarologie, 2, Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France
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*Author for correspondence Fax: 00 33 (0) 499612393 E-mail: garcin@supagro.inra.fr
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Abstract

Morphological measurements and a mitochondrial molecular marker (COI) were used to identity specimens reported as Kampimodromus aberrans on hazelnut in the USA. Several species and populations of this genus were studied to assist with identification. Both data types showed that specimens from the USA differed from K. aberrans from other regions. USA specimens seem to belong to the same species as Kampimodromus specimens from France on hazelnut. These mites were morphologically similar to Kampimodromus coryli and K. corylosus, which according to the original descriptions, are distinguished by the presence or absence of a tooth on the movable digit of the chelicera, with K. coryli having one tooth and K. corylosus none. As chelicerae of Kampimodromus from hazelnut in the USA and France are toothless, they are assigned to the species K. corylosus. Studies showed that morphological characters traditionally used to identify Kampimodromus species, such as setal length, are of less value than other characters that are difficult to observe, such as the numbers of solenostomes and the presence of teeth on the movable digit of the chelicerae. Some synonyms are discussed.

Keywords

PhytoseiidaeKampimodromustaxonomycytochrome oxydase 1mitesmorphology
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 125 - 134
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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