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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2009) 14, 51–59.Two new species of Fedrizziidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Australian
passalid beetles (Coleoptera: Passalidae)OWEN D. SEEMAN
Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Qld, Australia.E-mail: owen.seeman@qm.qld.gov.au
Abstract
Two new species of
Neofedrizzia, Neofedrizzia susanae sp. nov. and Neofedrizzia jeffi sp. nov., are describedfrom the passalid beetle
Aulacocyclus teres (Percheron) collected in southeast Queensland, Australia.Key words:
Taxonomy, Antennophorina, Fedrizzioidea, new species, host-associationsReferences
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