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A Report on New Records of Phytophagous Mites on Medicinal Plants from Eastern Himalayan Region


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1 Post Graduate Dept. of Zoology, Vidyasagar College, CL Block, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091, India
2 Rama Krishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, Kolkata-700103, India
3 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipur, Kolkata-700053, India
 

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The present paper reports the occurrence of phytophagous mites belonging to 11 genera and 3 families collected on Medicinal plants from Eastern Himalayan Region which included 6 new records from India and there was one species which is likely to be undescribed,to be described later.
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Authors

Debalina Mandal
Post Graduate Dept. of Zoology, Vidyasagar College, CL Block, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091, India
S. K. Gupta
Rama Krishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, Kolkata-700103, India
A. K. Sanyal
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipur, Kolkata-700053, India

Abstract


The present paper reports the occurrence of phytophagous mites belonging to 11 genera and 3 families collected on Medicinal plants from Eastern Himalayan Region which included 6 new records from India and there was one species which is likely to be undescribed,to be described later.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v116i4.142112