<i>Tyrophagus curvipenis</i>n.sp. from an orchid cultivation in a green-house in Portugal (Acari: Acaridae)

Abstract

Abstract Tyrophagus curvipenis n.sp. (Acari, Acaridae) is described from orchids cultivated in a greenhouse in Portugal. The mites were feeding on algae covering the wooden structures of the greenhouse and occasionally entered the flowers where they could feed on pollen.