Integrative taxonomy demonstrates the unexpected synonymy between two predatory mite species: Cydnodromus idaeus and C. picanus (Acari :

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-281

  Tixier, Marie Stéphane ^a   Tsolakis, Haralabos ^b   Ragusa, Salvatore ^b   Poinso, Alix ^a   Ferrero, Maxime ^a   Okassa, Mireille ^a   Kreiter, Serge ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; CytB mtDNA; ITS; Morphology; Solenostome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MITE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PEST SPECIES; PREDATOR; SPECIMEN BANK; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHILE;

ACARI; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 84855251246     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS11025     Document Type: Review

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