Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1995 |
Authors: | Zhang, Z. - Q. |
Journal: | Israel Journal of Zoology |
Volume: | 41 |
Pagination: | 69-74 |
Keywords: | Acarina |
Abstract: | A new species of mite, Smaris pinus (Acari: Smarididae), is described from Cyprus. The adults and deutonymphs of the new species were found in association with the Israeli pine bast scale, Matsucoccus josephi Bodenheimer & Harpaz (Homoptera: Margarodidae) on pine trees (Pinus brutia Ten.) during April 1993. Samples of mites revealed a 2:1 female-dominated sex ratio. Sexual dimorphism in external morphology in adults is described. This paper comprises the first report of Smaris from Cyprus. The biology of Smaris also is discussed. |
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