A new species of parasitic mite, Cydnipolipus patpsalmondsae sp. nov. (Podapolipidae), is described from Lobostoma giganteum from Honduras and Onalips bisinuatus (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) from Brazil. The new species is compared with the single other species of the genus Cydnipolipus, Cydnipolipus miyamotoi Kurosa and Husband 1994, from Japan. A new distribution record of C. miyamotoi from Aethus indicus from Okinawa, Japan is reported.
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11 May 2017
A new species of Cydnipolipus (Acari: Heterostigmata: Podapolipidae), parasite of Cydnidae (Hexapoda: Hemiptera), Cydnipolipus patpsalmondsae on Lobostoma giganteum (Burmeister) in Honduras and on Onalips bisinuatus Froeschner in Brazil
Robert W. Husband,
David O. Husband
Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 22 • No. 5
May 2017
Vol. 22 • No. 5
May 2017
Acari
Cydnidae
Japan
parasites
Podapolipidae
Western Hemisphere