Bollettino di zoologia agraria e bachicoltura

Vol. 38 No. 3 (2006): Serie 2
Appunti e segnalazioni

Presence and diffusion of the mite Centrouropoda almerodai Wisniewski & Hirschmann (Uroactiniinae Uropodina)

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  • Santi Longo,
  • Salvatore Ragusa
Santi Longo University of Catania image/svg+xml
Salvatore Ragusa University of Palermo image/svg+xml

Published 2024-09-24

Keywords

  • Uropodid mite,
  • Rhynchophorus ferrugineus,
  • Centrouropoda almerodai

How to Cite

Presence and diffusion of the mite Centrouropoda almerodai Wisniewski & Hirschmann (Uroactiniinae Uropodina). (2024). Bollettino Di Zoologia Agraria E Bachicoltura, 38(3), 265-269. https://test-ojs-unimi-it.archicoop.it/index.php/bzab/article/view/26559

Abstract

The presence in Italy of the mite Centrouropoda almerodai Wisniewski and Hirschmann 1992 was noted for the first time. It is a phoretic species associated with the curculionid Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier). The latter recently introduced in the Mediterranean area, it has caused serious damages to pahn trees belonging to the Phoenix genus in Northern Africa, Spain, Greece and Italy.

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