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Issue: Vol. 3265 No. 1: 10 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3265.1.2
Page range: 22–42
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New Neotropical cunaxine species (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae)

Zoology Section, Department of Entomology, Phytopathology Agricultural Zoology, Escola Superior de Agricultura ″Luiz de Queiroz″ (ESALQ), University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, 13418-900 South African address: Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein
Department of Plant Protection, UNESP, Campus of Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil, 14884-900
Acari Bdelloidea Armascirus Dactyloscirus Riscus Neotropical fauna keys

Abstract

Four new Brazilian cunaxine species, namely Armascirus brasiliensis Den Heyer sp. nov., A. bahiaensis Den Heyer sp.nov., Dactyloscirus saopauloensis Den Heyer sp. nov. and Riscus austroamericanus Den Heyer sp. nov. are described and figured. A key to the new species, as well as the known species of Riscus, is provided.

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