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Phytophagous and predatory mites on olive trees in Tunisia. Catalogue, description of one new species and key for identification (Acari, Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae and Phytoseiidae)

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Chatti, A., Kreiter, S., Lebdi-Grissa, K., Ksantini, M. (2017): Phytophagous and predatory mites on olive trees in Tunisia. Catalogue, description of one new species and key for identification (Acari, Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae and Phytoseiidae). Acarologia 57 (2): 233-254, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164152, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20164152

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