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A new species of larval neothrombids, Dasitrombium clarissae (Acari: Prostigmata: Neothrombiidae), parasitic on grasshoppers from Nicaragua is described. Larvae have the following diagnostic features: Ta I 110–114, Ti I 48–52, Ta II 102–106, Ti II 44–48, Ip 1020–1054, ratio L/W 1.29–1.40, and the presence on genu I of only two solenidia.
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Zhang, Z.-Q. (1994) Neothrombiidae (Acari: Trombidioidea) of the world: systematic review with a phylogenetic analysis and descriptions of two new genera. Oriental Insects, 28, 205–237.
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Haitlinger, R. A new species of larval Dasitrombium Zhang, 1994 (Acari: Prostigmata: Neothrombiidae) parasitic on grasshoppers fom Nicaragua. Syst Parasitol 47, 65–67 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006469919082
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