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Issue: Vol. 3734 No. 1: 4 Nov. 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.1.4
Page range: 38–44
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of Scutopalus (Acari: Cunaxidae: Cunaxoidinae) from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil with a key to world species

Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES – Centro Universitário, Lajeado, 95900-000, RS, Brasil
Department of Entomology, 319 Agriculture Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA.
Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES – Centro Universitário, Lajeado, 95900-000, RS, Brasil.
Cunaxoidini key predator vineyards agroecosystem

Abstract

Scutopalus tomentosus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Plantago tomentosa Lam. (Plantaginaceae) in a vineyard agroecosystem at Dois Lajeados county, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This is the first species of this genus described from the Americas. A key to world species is included.

How to Cite

Rocha, M.D.S., Skvarla, M.J. & Ferla, N.J. (2013) A new species of Scutopalus (Acari: Cunaxidae: Cunaxoidinae) from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil with a key to world species. Zootaxa, 3734 (1), 38–44. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3734.1.4