The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition
December 15-18, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Saturday, December 17, 2005
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A new species of Podapolipidae (Acari: Heterostigmata), parasite of Aidemona azteca (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Honduras and redescription of the genus Podapolipoides

Robert W. Husband, husbandadrian@aol.com and James B. Martin, jmartin@adrian.edu. Adrian College, Biology Department, 110 S. Madison Street, Adrian, MI

Podapolipoides cohni n. sp. (Acari: Heterostigmata) is described from Aidemona azteca (Saussure) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) collected from La Empalizada, near Juticulpa, El Departamento Olancho, Honduras, by the junior author. A rediscription of the genus Podapolipoides and keys to American species are based on new discoveries.


Species 1: Heterostigmata Podapolipidae Podapolipoides cohni
Species 2: Orthoptera Acrididae Aidemona azteca
Keywords: parasite, Honduras

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