New Zealand Pyemotes (Trombidiformes: Pyemotidae).
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Yu, Lichen; Zhang, Zhi-Qiang
- Source
- Systematic & Applied Acarology. Jun2019, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p1014-1047. 34p.
- Subject
- *ACARIFORMES
*BIOLOGICAL pest control agents
*HEMIPTERA
*BEETLES
*DIPTERA
*INSECTS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1362-1971
Pyemotid mites are parasitoids of various insects and are of potential as biocontrol agents. Three New Zealand new species of the genus Pyemotes are described in this paper: Pyemotes cumberi sp. nov. parasitic on Procecidochares utilis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Auckland, Pyemotes martini sp. nov. parasitic on eggs of Scolypopa (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) in the Northland, and Pyemotes mayae sp. nov. parasitic on scolytid larvae (Coleoptera) in Auckland. Keys to both adult males and females of these three new species are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]