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Issue: Vol. 2941 No. 1: 6 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2941.1.1
Page range: 1–37
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 3

New flat mite genera (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae)associated with Australian sedges (Cyperaceae)

Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA
Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bldg 005, Room 137, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, USA
Acari Acaricis Afronychus Dolichotetranychus Gahnia leg chaetotaxy Lisaepalpus ontogeny Prolixus Tenuilichus Tenuipalpus Tetranychoidea

Abstract

Two new genera, Gahniacarus gen. nov. and Cyperacarus gen. nov., and four new species, G. gersonus sp. nov., G. tuberculatus sp. nov., C. naomae sp. nov. and C. foliatus sp. nov., are described from native Australian sedge species in the genus Gahnia (Cyperaceae). Leg chaetotaxy is provided for all stages of each species. The importance of taxonomic characters offered by immature stages and ontogenetic changes in leg chaetotaxy are discussed. A key to the Tenuipalpidae associated with Cyperaceae in Australia is provided.

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