Systematic & Applied Acarology
ISSN 1362-1971
An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996


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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2004) 9, 109-110

The red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst, a threat to palms in the Americas (Acari: Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae)

CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN1 & JEAN ETIENNE2

1CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo/ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agricola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. E-mail: chwflech@carpa.ciagri.usp.br

2Entomologiste, INRA Antilles-Guyane, Domaine Duclos, Petit Bourg, F-97170 Guadeloupe. E-mail: jean/etienne2@wanadoo.fr

Abstract

The red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst. is reported for the first time from the Americas, in Martinica.


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