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Abstract

Adult males and females of a new genus, Xanthippe gen. nov., and two new species of the tribe Melicharini, family Ascidae, are described. These mites apparently feed on pollen or nectar in inflorescences of a palm, Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H. A. Wendl., and possibly have a plioretic association with beetles of the genus Mystrops Erichson (Nitidulidae), the major pollinators of this plant.

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© 1995 Entomological Society of America
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Systematics
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