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AN UNUSUAL NEW SPECIES OF ASCA FROM NORTH AMERICA (ACARINA: ASCIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Evert E. Lindquist
Evert E. Lindquist
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

The female and male of Asca acornis n. sp. are described and illustrated. This species occurs in arboreal habitats in the southern United States. The absence of the most salient diagnostic character of the genus Asca on adults of this species is discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 10 , October 1972 , pp. 1543 - 1550
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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