Three New Species of Mites (Acari: Acaridae and Histiostomatidae) from Manure and Dung- Hills, Assiut, Upper Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 71526 Egypt

2 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

Three new species (Myianoetus manurei n. sp, Myianoetus assiuti n. sp. and Acotyledon shortisetoses n. sp.) represented only by their hypopial nymphs (heteromorphic deutonymphs), extracted from manure and dung-hills, Assiut, Upper Egypt. The holotype deutonymph and paratype deutonymphs of each species are deposited in the Acari collection of Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture. Assiut University, Assiut 71526 Egypt. The descriptions and illustrations of the new species are given below.                                                                                 

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