Nenteria extremica n. sp., a new Uropodina mites (Acari Mesostigmata) collected on Rhynchophorus ferrugineus in Italy, with notes on other Uropodina mites associated with the Red Palm Weevil

Authors

  • Jeno Kontschan Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest, P.O. Box 102
  • Giuseppe Mazza Consiglio per la ricerca e la sperimentazione in agricoltura – Research Centre for Agrobiology and Pedology, via Lanciola 12/A 50125 Firenze
  • Roberto Nannelli Consiglio per la ricerca e la sperimentazione in agricoltura – Research Centre for Agrobiology and Pedology, via Lanciola 12/A 50125 Firenze
  • Pio Federico Roversi Consiglio per la ricerca e la sperimentazione in agricoltura – Research Centre for Agrobiology and Pedology, via Lanciola 12/A 50125 Firenze

Keywords:

Mites, Uropodina, new species, Red Palm Weevil, Italy

Abstract

A new species of Uropodina mite was collected on the body and on the cocoons of the Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) in Italy. The new species (Nenteria extremica n. sp.) belongs to the genus Nenteria, but it differs from the other species in appendages of the gnathosoma, which are unique within this genus. The new species is described on the basis of females, males and nymphs. Some notes on the association of Uropodina with the Red Palm Weevils are given. Aegyptus rynchophorus Elbishlawi & Allam, 2007 and Aegypthus alhassa Al-Dhafar & Al-Qahtani 2011 are junior synonyms of Centrouropoda almerodai Hiramatsu & Hirschmann, 1992.

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Vol. 97 (2014)

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