NEW GENUS AND 2 NEW SPECIES OF MELICHARINI FROM VENEZUELA (ACARI, MESOSTIGMATA, ASCIDAE)

Authors
NASKRECKI P COLWELL RK
Citation
P. Naskrecki et Rk. Colwell, NEW GENUS AND 2 NEW SPECIES OF MELICHARINI FROM VENEZUELA (ACARI, MESOSTIGMATA, ASCIDAE), Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 88(3), 1995, pp. 284-293
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annals of the Entomological Society of America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138746
Volume
88
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
284 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8746(1995)88:3<284:NGA2NS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Adult males and females of a new genus, Xanthippe gen, nov., and two n ew species of the tribe Melicharini, family Ascidae, are described. Th ese mites apparently feed on pollen or nectar in inflorescences of a p alm, Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H. A. Wendl., and possibly have a phor etic association with beetles of the genus Mystrops Erichson (Nitiduli dae), the major pollinators of this plant.