<strong>A new species of <em>Scutopalus</em> (Acari: Cunaxidae: Cunaxoidinae) from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil with a key to world species</strong>

MATHEUS DOS SANTOS ROCHA; MICHAEL JOSEPH SKVARLA; NOELI JUAREZ FERLA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3734.1.4

Issue: Vol. 3734 No. 1: 4 Nov. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-11-04

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.1.4

Page range: 38–44

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**A new species of Scutopalus (Acari: Cunaxidae: Cunaxoidinae) from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil with a key to world species**

MATHEUS DOS SANTOS ROCHA⁺⁻
MICHAEL JOSEPH SKVARLA⁺⁻
NOELI JUAREZ FERLA⁺⁻

Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES – Centro Universitário, Lajeado, 95900-000, RS, Brasil

Department of Entomology, 319 Agriculture Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA.

Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, UNIVATES – Centro Universitário, Lajeado, 95900-000, RS, Brasil.

Cunaxoidini key predator vineyards agroecosystem

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Abstract

Scutopalus tomentosus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Plantago tomentosa Lam. (Plantaginaceae) in a vineyard agroecosystem at Dois Lajeados county, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This is the first species of this genus described from the Americas. A key to world species is included.