REVISION OF THE GENUS Pediculaster VITZTHUM, 1927 (ACARI: PYGMEPHORIDAE) OF EGYPT WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

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Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Technology & Development, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

Abstract

A new pygmephorid mite species, Pediculaster egypticus n. sp.(Acari: Tarsonemida), associated with the housefly, Musca vicina (Macquart)(Insecta: Diptera) is illustrated and described morphologically along with a revision and a key to the recorded Egyptian species, P. gallinae Zaher & Kandeel; P. arabicus Zaher & Kandeel; P. monoufiensis Sevastianov&Abo-Korah; P. amerahaeSevastianov & Abo-Korah and P. zaheri Sevastianov & Abo-Korah.
     
 
 

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