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Issue: Vol. 823 No. 1: 17 Jan. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.823.1.1
Page range: 1–27
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 2

Some tarsonemid mites (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from the Brazilian "Cerrado" vegetation, with descriptions of three new species

Depto. Zoologia, Inst. de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo-SP, Brazil
Systemstic Entomology Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agriculture Center, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Depto. Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, ESALQ/Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba-SP, Brazil
Acari Tarsonemidae Cerrado phytophagous mites taxonomy

Abstract

Seven tarsonemid species were found in leaf samples from the "Cerrado" vegetation in the State of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil. Mensuration data of four species, Daidalotarsonemus tesselatus De Leon, Tarsonemus bilobatus Suski, Tarsonemus confusus Ewing and T. waitei Banks are provided. Three new species, Daidalotarsonemus folisetae Lofego & Ochoa, Metatarsonemus megasolenidii Lofego & Ochoa and Tarsonemus longisetae Lofego & Ochoa are described. Food habits of D. tesselatus are discussed.

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