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Issue: Vol. 1036 No. 1: 15 Aug. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1036.1.2
Page range: 21–29
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 3

Mediostigmaeus gen. n. (Acari: Stigmaeidae), with the description of a new species from the USA

Key Lab of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Current address: Landcare Research, Private Bag 92 170, Auckland, New Zealand
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9 Canada
Porifera Acari Stigmaeidae Mediostigmaeus new genus new species

Abstract

A new genus, Mediostigmaeus is proposed for two species, M. citri (Rakha & McCoy, 1984) comb. n. and M. floridanus sp. n. The new genus is similar to Mediolata in having only one pair of subcapitular setae but can be easily distinguished by having the palptibial claw subequal to the palptarsus, and setae c 1 , d 1 , d 2 , e 1 , e 2 , and f 1 situated on individual platelets. The adult female of M. floridanus sp. n., collected from domatia of Vitis sp., Lake Adair, Orlando, Florida, USA can be separated from those of M. citri by chaetotaxy of tarsi and pattern of hysterosomal shield.

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