Echinothrombium spinosum (Canestrini, 1885) is redescribed based on female. Characteristics of larvae, described for the first time, deutonymphs and adults as well as data on biology are provided. Data on habitat specificity and phenology of the species as well as on developmental times of larvae are given. A female of E. spinosum, from which larvae were obtained by experimental rearing, has been designated as neotype. Key characters that allow to differentiate E. spinosum from E. rhodinum (C. L. Koch, 1837) pertain mainly to postlarval forms.
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1 June 2008
A Redescription of Echinothrombium spinosum () (Acari: Actinotrichida: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae) with Notes on Biology and Life Cycle
Joanna Mąkol,
Andreas Wohltmann,
Grzegorz Gabryś
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Acarology
BIOLOGY
Echinothrombium spinosum
life cycle
neotype
Parasitengona
taxonomy