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TWO NEW SPECIES OF OTOPHEIDOMENIS (ACARINA: PHYTOSEIIDAE) ECTOPARASITIC ON SPHINGID MOTHS, WITH A NOTE ON NOCTUISEIUS12

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

V. Prasad
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Abstract

The genus Noctuiseius Prasad is synonymized with Otopheidomenis Treat. Two new species, Otopheidomenis kayosiekeri and Otopheidomenis pholusis, are described and illustrated. O. kayosiekeri is known from Honduras, Panama Canal Zone, and Peru from the sphingid moths Pachylia darceta, P. resumens, and Triptogon lugubris. O. pholusis is known from Bolivia and Honduras from the sphingid moths Pholus sp., P. anchemolis, and P. obliquus. A key to the known species of Otopheidomenis is included.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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