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Issue: Vol. 4455 No. 1: 1 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.6
Page range: 150–160
Abstract views: 62
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Allogynaspis flechtmanni, a new genus and species of the subfamily Macrochelinae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from southeastern Brazil, with comments on cheliceral dentition, reproductive strategies, and postepigynal platelets

Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Macrochelidae Nothrholaspis Macrholaspis Geotrupacarus gnathotectum epigynal shield sperm access system phoresy Acari

Abstract

Allogynaspis flechtmanni n. gen., n. sp. is described from litter bordering a stream in a forested area of Itatiaia National Park in southeastern Brazil. Although it shares a number of traits with the free-living macrochelid genera Nothrholaspis and Macrholaspis, the new species presents a unique combination of characters that argues against its inclusion in either genus, or in any other recognised macrochelid genus. A dichotomous key that distinguishes Allogynaspis from related macrocheline genera is included in the text.

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