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 (2003) 8, 175-182

A new species of Leptus larva (Acari: Erythraeidae) from India

ALIREZA SABOORI1 & MASOUD ARBABI2

1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran; E-mail: saboori@ ut.ac.ir

2 Department of Agricultural Research Zoology, Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: masoudarbabi63@hotmail.com

Abstract

Leptus singhi sp. nov. (Acari: Erythraeidae) is described and illustrated from larva off host (host not known) on mulberry from Varanasi, India.

Key words: Acari, Erythraeidae, Leptus, larva, new species, India


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