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On some insects and mites associated with dried and salted fish in Brazil

H. W. Flechtmann, CarlosPereira Castelo, Francisco

Summary Two insect and two mite species are reported from dried and salted fish ("pirarucu", Arapaima gigas Cuvier) in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, namely: Liposcelis bostrychophilus Badonnel (Insecta, Psocidae) and the parasite of its eggs, Alaptus globosicornis Girault (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Mymaridae); and, Suidasia pontofica Oudemans (Acari, Astigmata, Saproglyphidae) and Blattisocius keegani Fox (Acari, Mesostigmata, Ascidae).

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