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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2008) 13, 3–25.Biology of the genus Hericia (Algophagidae: Astigmata), with the description of a new species from the eastern United States
NORMAN J. FASHING
Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, USA. E-mail: njfash@wm.edu
Abstract
New observations concerning the biology of the genus Hericia are provided, as well as a discussion of past observations from the literature. A new species, Hericia janehenleyi, is described and illustrated from adults, phoretic deutonymphs and non-phoretic deutonymphs collected from fermenting sap flux on oak trees (Quercus spp.) in eastern Virginia, U.S.A. Deutonymphs are phoretic on the sap flux inhabiting beetle Glischrochilus obtusus (Say) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae).
Key words: Acari, Algophagidae, Hericia, sap flux, Quercus, Glischrochilus obtusus, United States
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