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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2004) 9, 97-101

Genus Tenuipalpus (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae) from central Punjab, Pakistan

MANSOOR-UL-HASAN¹, WAQAS WAKIL¹ & FAIZA BASHIR²

1Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

2Department of Zoology, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Abstract

Tenuipalpus Donnadieu is the largest genus of the family Tenuipalpidae. Species of this genus mostly occur in warmer areas of Pakistan. Two new species, Tenuipalpus waqasii sp. nov. and Tenuipalpus jawadii sp. nov., from central Punjab are described in this paper. Both species belong to the sub-group bakeri of the genus Tenuipalpus.

Key words: Acari, Tenuipalpidae, Tenuipalpus, new species, Pakistan

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