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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF TRISETACUS (PROSTIGMATA: ERIOPHYOIDEA) FROM PINACEAE IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ian M. Smith
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6

Abstract

Adults of four new species of Trisetacus are described from southern British Columbia, Canada: T. neoabietis from foliage of Amabilis fir, T. neopiceae from foliage of Engelmann and Sitka spruce, T. uclueletensis from foliage of Sitka spruce, and T. columbiensis from buds and foliage of Douglas-fir.

Résumé

L'ouvrage décrit des adultes de quatre nouvelles espèces du genre Trisetacus du sud de la Colombie-Britannique, nommément T. neoabietis du feuillage du Sapin amabilis, T. neopiceae du feuillage de l'Epinette d'Engelmann et de l'Epinette de Sifka, T. uclueletensis du feuillage de l'Epinette de Sitka, et T. columbiensis des bourgeons et du feuillage du Sapin de Douglas.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1984

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