<p><strong>A new genus and species of Tarsonemidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil</strong></p>

ANTONIO C. LOFEGO; PETERSON R. DEMITE; GILBERTO J. de MORAES

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3986.5.3

Issue: Vol. 3986 No. 5: 21 Jul. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-07-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.5.3

Page range: 561–568

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A new genus and species of Tarsonemidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

ANTONIO C. LOFEGO⁺⁻
PETERSON R. DEMITE⁺⁻
GILBERTO J. de MORAES⁺⁻

Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista, 15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Present address: Instituto Federal Goiano, câmpus Urutaí, 75790-000, Urutaí, Goiás, Brazil

Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. CNPq Researcher

Tarsonemoidea taxonomy neotropics biodiversity

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Abstract

Kaliszewskia ochoai gen. nov., sp. nov. (Tarsonemidae: Tarsoneminae: Tarsonemini) is described from adult females, collected on Blepharocalix salicifolius (Kunth) O.Berg and Plinia sp. (Myrtaceae), from the Atlantic Forest in Brazil.