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Type: Proceedings Papers
Published: 2022-11-30
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At last: A catalogue of free-living and arthropod-associated Laelapidae, with generic concepts and a key to genera

Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (Esalq-USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Câmpus de Jaboticabal, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Câmpus de Jaboticabal, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil
Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
Catalogue generic diagnoses dichotomic key predators arthropod symbionts Laelapidae

Abstract

We present a summary of a long-awaited catalogue of species of Laelapidae that are free-living predators or associated with arthropods (Moraes et al., 2022). This primarily includes taxa previously treated as Hypoaspidinae, Melittiphinae and Iphiopsidinae.

References

  1. Moraes, G.J.De, Moreira, G.F., Freire, R.A.P., Beaulieu, F., Klompen, H. & Halliday, B. (2022) Catalogue of the free-living and arthropod-associated Laelapidae Canestrini (Acari: Mesostigmata), with revised generic concepts and a key to genera. Zootaxa, 5184 (1), 1–590. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5184.1.1