ABSTRACT
A new tenuipalpid mite species, Cenopalpus taifensis sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae) is described and illustrated based on female and deutonymph specimens collected from Crataegus sinaica Boiss (Rosaceae) in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Additionally, a key to reported species of the genus Cenopalpus on the plant genus Crataegus is provided.
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03D7A56D-E787-4E75-9B77-546148B89B78
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:48EEA4BB-3250-4D6B-9FFB-A7790F49AF44
Acknowledgments
We wish to express sincere thanks to Dr Carlos Holger Wenzel Flechtmann (University of São Paulo, Brazil) and Marcello De Giosa (University of Florida) for providing literature.
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