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Phytoseiid mites of Martinique, with redescription of four species and new records (Acari: Mesostigmata)

  • 1. CBGP, Montpellier SupAgro, INRA, CIRAD, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
  • 2. CIRAD, Campus Agro-environnemental Caraïbe, BP 214, 97285 Le Lamentin cedex 2, Martinique,

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Kreiter, Serge, Zriki, Ghais, Ryckewaert, Philippe, Pancarte, Clovel, Douin, Martial, Tixier, Marie-Stéphane (2018): Phytoseiid mites of Martinique, with redescription of four species and new records (Acari: Mesostigmata). Acarologia 58 (2): 366-407, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20184248, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184248

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