A new species of Agistemus, A. amazonicus Paktinat-Saeij, Bagheri & Noronha sp. nov. is described based on females collected from leaves of Cupuaçu (Cupuassu) trees (Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. Ex Spreng.) Schumann), in the Pará state, Brazil. Also, a key to the American Agistemus species is provided.
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24 May 2016
A new species of Agistemus Summers (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) from Brazil, with a key to the American species
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij,
Mohammad Bagheri,
Aloyséia Cristina Da Silva Noronha
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 21 • No. 6
June 2016
Vol. 21 • No. 6
June 2016
Para State
predatory mites
Raphignathoidea
species key
systematics