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Brevipalpus phoenicis Geijskes 1939

Description

Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes, 1939)

(Fig. 3 B)

Tenuipalpus phoenicis Geijskes, 1939: 230.

Brevipalpus phoenicis, Sayed 1946: 360; Baker 1949: 360. Brevipalpus mcbridei Baker, 1949: 374.

Brevipalpus papayensis Baker, 1949: 375.

Brevipalpus yothersi Baker, 1949: 373.

Brevipalpus phoenicoides Gonzalez, 1975: 86.

Material examined: 4 females and 2 males ex Citrus spp. (Rutaceae), 2 females ex Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae), EGYPT: Giza province, 30 02'6"N, 31 12'18"E, 14 July 2012 coll. A.M.Halawa; 3 females ex Pyrus communis L. (Rosaceae) EGYPT: Qalubia province, Toukh district, 3 21'18"N, 31 13'30"E, coll. A. Amin.

Remark. The holotype of Brevipalpus phoenicis was collected on Phoenix sp. (Arecaceae) in the Netherlands. The Egyptian specimens were reported and described by Sayed (1946), Attiah (1956), and Zaher (1984). Our study completely agrees with the description of B. phoenicis given by Geijskes (1939).

Notes

Published as part of Halawa, Alaa M. & Fawzy, Magdy M., 2014, A new species of Brevipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and key to the Egyptian species, pp. 87-95 in Zootaxa 3755 (1) on page 91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/285474

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Geijskes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Prostigmata
Family
Tenuipalpidae
Genus
Brevipalpus
Species
phoenicis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Brevipalpus phoenicis Geijskes, 1939 sec. Halawa & Fawzy, 2014

References

  • Geijskes, D. C. (1939) Beitage zur kenntnis der europaischen spinnmilben (Acari: Tetranychoidea), mit bensonderer berucktigung der Niederlandischen arten. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwboogeschool - Wageningen, 42, 1 - 68.
  • Sayed, M. T. (1946) Description of Tenuipalpus granati nov. spec. And Brevipalpus pyri nov. spec. Bulletin Society of. Fouad 1 er Entomology, 30, 98 - 104.
  • Baker, E. W. (1949) The genus Brevipalpus (Acarina: Pseudoleptidae). The American Midland Naturalist, 42 (2), 350 - 402. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 2422013
  • Gonzalez, R. H. (1975) Revision of the Brevipalpus phoenicis " complex " with descriptions of new species from Chile and Thailand (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae). Acarologia, 17 (1), 81 - 91.
  • Attiah, H. (1956) The genus Brevipalpus in Egypt. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 40, 433 - 448.