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Issue: Vol. 611 No. 1: 23 Aug. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-08-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.611.1.1
Page range: 1–20
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New genus and seven new species of Brazilian eriophyoid mites and redescription of Catachela machaerii Keifer (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea)

CNPq-Brazil Researcher, Universidade de São Paulo/ESALQ, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Acari Eriophyidae taxonomy

Abstract

Surveys on several naturally occurring plants in southeast Brazil led to the discovery of a new genus and seven new species of eriophyid mites. Athrix n.g. is described based on the type species Athrix lissoscutum n.sp. collected on Heteropteris aceroides Griseb; Athrix brevitibia n.sp. is described from Heteropteris anoptera Juss.; Aculus bistichos n.sp. is described from Guapira opposita (Vell.) Reitz.; Cenaca exigua n.sp. is described from Chrysophyllum gonocarpum (Mart. & Eichl.) Engl.; Cosella macrothrix n.sp. is described from Ficus pumila L.; Diptilostatus lofegoi n.sp. is described from Myrcia guianensis (Aubl.) DC; Diptilostatus mesae n.sp. is described from Clidemia hirta (L.) DC and Catachela machaerii Keifer is redescribed.

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How to Cite

Flechtmann, C.H. (2004) New genus and seven new species of Brazilian eriophyoid mites and redescription of Catachela machaerii Keifer (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea). Zootaxa, 611 (1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.611.1.1