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Issue: Vol. 5497 No. 1: 22 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.3
Page range: 70-82
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New species of Binodacarus and Rhodacarus mites (Mesostigmata: Rhodacaridae) from Brazilian Cerrado biome, and a key to the world species of the genera

Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ); Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Piracicaba; São Paulo; Brazil
Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ); Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Piracicaba; São Paulo; Brazil
Acari Gamasina Rhodacaroidea description soil mites

Abstract

Binodacarus tocantinensis sp. nov. and Rhodacarus emilianoi sp. nov. are described based on the morphology of adult females collected from litter/soil in a fragment of the Cerrado biome, in Tocantins state, northern Brazil. In addition, the keys for the separation of females of the world species of Binodacarus and Rhodacarus are provided.

 

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