Endoparasitic Gall Mites: Two New <i>Novophytoptus</i> Species (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae) from Southern African Sedges (Cyperaceae, <i>Carex</i>) and New Hypotheses on the Phylogeny of Novophytoptines
Eriophyoid mites (Acariformes, Eriophyoidea) are microscopic chelicerates morphologically greatly preadapted to endoparasitism on plants. Members of at least six phylogenetically distant eriophyoid genera from two families homoplastically transitioned to endoparasitism and acquired the ability to pe...
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MDPI AG
2023-03-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/416 |