Phytoseiid mites of the subtribes Typhlodromalina and Euseiina (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Euseiini) from sub-Saharan Africa

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1114, 2006, Pages 1-52

  De Moraes, G J ^a   Zannou, I D ^a   Oliveira, A R ^a   Yaninek, J S ^b   Hanna, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cassava; Predator; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACARI; EUSEIUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TYPHLODROMALUS;

EID: 33745233474     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1114.1.1     Document Type: Article

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