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Giselia arizonica, a new genus and species of mite (Acari: Tarsonemidae) associated with bark beetles of the genus Pseudopityophthorus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Wojciech L. Magowski*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Evert E. Lindquist
Affiliation:
Biodiversity Theme, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OC6
John C. Moser
Affiliation:
Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 2500 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, Louisiana 71360, United States of America
*
1 Corresponding author (e-mail: magowski@amu.edu.pl).

Abstract

A new genus and species of the mite family Tarsonemidae, subfamily Tarsoneminae, is described and illustrated. Its systematic position among genera of Tarsoneminae and its host association with bark beetles of the genus Pseudopityophthorus Swaine, 1918 in North America are briefly discussed.

Résumé

Les auteurs décrivent et illustrent un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce d'acarien de la famille des Tarsonemidae, sous-famille des Tarsoneminae. Ils présentent brièvement la position systématique du genre parmi les Tarsoneminae et son association avec des coléoptères sous-corticoles du genre Pseudopityophthorus Swaine, 1918 de l'Amérique du Nord.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2005

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