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Issue: Vol. 4442 No. 2: 2 Jul. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.9
Page range: 331–337
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Redescription of Honduriella maxima Denmark & Evans (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae), description of a new species of Honduriella Denmark & Evans from the Amazonian Forest, and a modified characterisation of the genus

Instituto Federal Goiano, Campus Urutaí, 75790–000, Urutaí, Goiás, Brazil. Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia (ICET), Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), 69103–128, Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
Departamento de Fitossanidade, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, 14884–900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th Street, Gainesville, FL 32614–7100, USA
Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo, 13418–900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Amazonian rainforest Amblyseiinae biodiversity Neotropical region Acari

Abstract

Until now, Honduriella Denmark & Evans has been known only from the holotype of its type species, Honduriella maxima Denmark & Evans. In recent surveys conducted in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, a second species of this genus was found. It is here described as Honduriella mcmurtryi Demite n. sp., based on morphological characteristics of adult females and males. Honduriella maxima is redescribed based on an examination of the holotype. In order to accommodate the new species, a modified characterisation of Honduriella is given.

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