Podapolipus kurosai spec. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae) is described, illustrated and compared with related Podapolipus species from Orthoptera and Blattodea. Podapolipus kurosai is a subpronotal parasite of the pigmy grasshopper Phloeonotus humilis Gerstaecker collected in Swaziland, Southern Africa. This is the first record of a podapolipid mite from Tetrigidae.
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15 March 2011
Podapolipus kurosai spec. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae), Parasite of Phloeonotus humilis Gerstaecker (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) in Swaziland, Southern Africa
Robert W. Husband
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 16 • No. 1
March 2011
Vol. 16 • No. 1
March 2011
Africa
new species
Podapolipidae
taxonomy
Tetrigidae