Systematic & Applied Acarology
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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2006) 11, 231-236

A new genus and species of larval mites (Acari: Microtrombidiidae) from Montenegro

ALIREZA SABOORI1 & VLADIMIR PESIC2
1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. E-mail: saboori@ut.ac.ir
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Crna Gora, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro.
E-mail: pesicv@cg.yu

Abstract

Montenegtrombium milicae gen. et sp. nov. (Acari: Microtrombidiidae) is described and illustrated from larvae ectoparasitic on Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and Carpocoris purpureipennis (De Geer, 1773) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Montenegro.

Key words: Acari, Microtrombidiidae, Montenegtrombium milicae gen. et sp. nov., Calliptamus italicus, Carpocoris purpureipennis, Montenegro

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