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Issue: Vol. 3981 No. 1: 2 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.2
Page range: 56–70
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 1

New species and records of cunaxid mites (Acari: Cunaxidae) from soil in Southern Brazil

Laboratório de Diversidade e Sistemática de Arachnida, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. 93022-000 São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Laboratório de Diversidade e Sistemática de Arachnida, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. 93022-000 São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, Centro Universitário UNIVATES. 95900-000 Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Atlantic forest Bonziinae Cunaxinae Cunaxoidinae leaf litter Neotropical Region soil mites taxonomy

Abstract

Neocunaxoides promatae sp. nov., Bonzia flechtmanni sp. nov. and Dactyloscirus multiscutus sp. nov. are described from soil and leaf litter in Atlantic rainforest and Atlantic Araucaria forest in natural environments in São Francisco de Paula municipality, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. In addition, the species Pulaeus quadrisolenidius Castro & Den Heyer 2009 and Lupaeus lectus Castro & Den Heyer (2009) are registered for the first time in this State.