Two new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Cameroon, Central Africa

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1093, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Zannou, Ignace Dossa ^a   Zundel, Christine ^a,b,c   Hanna, Rachid ^a,e   De Moraes, Gilberto Jose ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e c/o L W Lambourn ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acari; Amblyseiinae; Biological control; Neoseiulus yanineki; Phytoseiidae; Predator; Taxonomy; Typhlodromips cameroonensis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; MESOSTIGMATA; NEOSEIULUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 33745234216     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1093.1.5     Document Type: Article

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