A new species of Proprioseiulus Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Sri Lanka with a key to world species
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A new predatory mite species, Proprioseiulus ceylonensis sp. nov. (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens collected from soil-litter in Sri Lanka. The new species can be easily distinguished from all other known species in the genus by the combination of the following characters: absence of ventral setae ZV3, presence of ten macrosetae on legs and saccular calyx of spermatheca. Moreover, an identification key to the world species of the genus is presented.
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2012 ◽
Vol 93
(5)
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pp. 1329-1333
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