A new species of the genus <i>Tenuipalpus</i> (Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae) with remarks on a conceivable ovipositor in flat mites

CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN; ALOYSÉIA C.S. NORONHA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.10

Issue: Vol. 3681 No. 4: 24 Jun. 2013

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2013-06-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.10

Page range: 493–499

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A new species of the genus Tenuipalpus (Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae) with remarks on a conceivable ovipositor in flat mites

CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN⁺⁻
ALOYSÉIA C.S. NORONHA⁺⁻

Prostigmata Tenuipalpidae

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Abstract

A new mite species Tenuipalpus bacuri sp. nov. (Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae) from Platonia insignis Mar. (Clusiaceae) is described from Brazil (Para). Setal notation are as in Mesa et al. 2009; all measurements are in micrometres.