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Paraseiulus aegypticus Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa

Description

Paraseiulus aegypticus (Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa)

Bawus aegypticus Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa, in Basha et al., 2001: 379.

Previous records from Egypt. Sharkia governorate (Basha et al., 2001).

Remarks. No additional specimens of this species were found in this study. It was originally described from the holotype female, three paratype females and six paratype males collected in the Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia governorate, Egypt. The original description was rather detailed, with illustrations and setal measurements.

Notes

Published as part of Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. & De, Gilberto J., 2014, Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Egypt, with new records, descriptions of new species, and a key to species, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 3865 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3865.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/287144

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phytoseiidae
Genus
Paraseiulus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Basha, Yousef, Ibrahim & Mostafa
Species
aegypticus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Basha, A. E., Yousef, A. A., Ibrahim, M. H. & Mostafa, E. M. (2001) Five new phytoseiids from Egypt (Acari: Gamasida: Phytoseiidae). Al - Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research, 33, 371 - 386.