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

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

Santi Longo
Università degli Studi di Catania
Salvatore Ragusa
Università degli Studi di Palermo

Published 2024-09-24

Keywords

  • Uropodid mite,
  • Rhynchophorus ferrugineus,
  • Centrouropoda almerodai

How to Cite

Longo, S., & Ragusa, S. (2006). Presence and diffusion of the mite Centrouropoda almerodai Wisniewski & Hirschmann (Uroactiniinae Uropodina). Bollettino Di Zoologia Agraria E Bachicoltura, 38(3), 265–269. Retrieved from https://riviste.unimi.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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