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Incidence of tarsonemid mites on Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae) from Oman with description of a new species of Nasutitarsonemus Beer and Nucifora (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

A.C. Lofego Depto. de Zoologia e Botânica, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista, São José do Rio Preto SP, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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F.C.C. Hountondji Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural and Livestock Research - Dhofar region, P.O. Box 1286, 211, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman
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A. Al-Shanfari Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural and Livestock Research - Dhofar region, P.O. Box 1286, 211, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman
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G.J. de Moraes Depto. Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-USP, 13418-900, Piracicaba-SPO, Brazil
Pages 461-474 | Received 10 May 2010, Accepted 16 Oct 2010, Published online: 06 Feb 2011

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