Brevipalpus lewisi McGregor, 1949

Halawa, Alaa M. & Fawzy, Magdy M., 2014, A new species of Brevipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and key to the Egyptian species, Zootaxa 3755 (1), pp. 87-95 : 92

Brevipalpus lewisi McGregor, 1949

( Fig. 4 C).

Material examined: 5 females and one male ex Citrus spp . ( Rutaceae ) EGYPT: Menufia province, El- Bagour 30 ◦ 26'6"N, 31 ◦ 02'6"E, 12 September 2011, coll. A. Amin.

Remark. In Egypt, this species was described by Attiah (1956), from specimens collected at El- Bagour, Menufia. Since then this species was not recorded again in Egypt until our study. Specimens collected in this study were compared with the holotype deposited at Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt.

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FIGURE 4. Dorsal idiosoma, A. Brevipalpus californicus; B. Brevipalpus olearius after Zaher (1984), C. Brevipalpus lewisi after Attiah (1956).