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Issue: Vol. 4363 No. 3: 12 Dec. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.3.6
Page range: 409–420
Abstract views: 86
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Two new species of Afrodacarellus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Rhodacaridae) from Brazil and a key to the world species of the genus

Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57100-000 Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil.
Departamento de Fitossanidade, UNESP/FCAV, 14884-900 Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil.
CNPq Researcher, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ–Universidade de São Paulo, 13418–900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Laboratório de Entomologia e Acarologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57309-005 Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil.
edaphic mite Rhodacaroidea taxonomy Acari

Abstract

Within a project to determine the edaphic predatory mites from the Brazilian Alagoas state, two new species of Afrodacarellus Hurlbutt (Rhodacaridae) were found, namely Afrodacarellus alagoensis Santos & Castilho n. sp. and Afrodacarellus xucurukariri Santos & Castilho n. sp.. These are here described based on the morphology of adult females. A key for the separation of females of the 31 recognisable world species of Afrodacarellus is provided, including the newly described species.

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