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Morphological diagnosis of the eggs of stored-products mites

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Eggs of 13 species of common, economically important stored-product pest mites (Acarus siro, A. gracilis, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, T. brevicrinatus, Tyroborus lini, Aleuroglyphus ovatus, Caloglyphus redikorzevi, C. oudemansi, Lepidoglyphus destructor, Glycyphagus domesticus, Aeroglyphus robustus, Chortoglyphus arcuatus and Carpoglyphus lactis) from four families (Acaridae, Glycyphagidae, Chortoglyphidae, Carpoglyphidae) were studied in order to build a diagnostic key. The morphological study dealt with shape, size and surface sculpturing of eggs. Morphological details were visualised using scanning electron microscopy. A key for distinguishing eggs at genus and species level was developed for the major stored-product mites.

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Acknowledgments

We thank J. Hromadkova (IMCH Academy of Sciences) for processing SEM micrographs, S. Tuckova and P. Horak for technical help and R. Aulicky and J. Lukas for valuable comments. This research was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic (Project no. MZE 0002700604).

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Kucerova, Z., Stejskal, V. Morphological diagnosis of the eggs of stored-products mites. Exp Appl Acarol 49, 173–183 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-009-9256-0

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