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Descriptions of Some Phytoseiide Mites (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Part I. Nine New Species from British Columbia with Keys to the Species of British Columbia. Part II. Redescriptions of Eight Species Described by Berlese1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. A. Chant
D. A. Chant
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Belleville, Ontario
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In 1951 to 1955 Mr. N. H. Anderson of the Belleville laboratory, and Mr. C. V. G. Morgan, Entomology Laboratory, Summerland, B.C., collected plant material in southern British Columbia to investigate the distribution there of phytoseiid mites. Many phytoseiids in this material were apparently undescribed, and in 1956 the author collected further specimens. Nine undescribed forms were found; descriptions of these are given below, with a key for identifying the adult females of all phytoseiid species known to occur in British Columbia. The new species all are of the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten, 1957, as defined by Chant (in preparation). The mites were cleared in chloral hydrate or lactic acid and mointed in Berlese's fluid; but some were mounted directly in De Faure's fluid. The measurements given are of the greatest lengths and widths of the dorsal and ventri-anal shields, and whenever possible are the means for 10 specimens. The setal terminology of Garman (1948) and Nesbitt (1951) is followed. All specimens referred to were collected in British Columbia unless otherwise stated.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 7 , July 1957 , pp. 289 - 308
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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