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Issue: Vol. 5601 No. 1: 6 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.1.7
Page range: 143-156
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Subgenera of the genus Pentamerismus McGregor (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) with the re-description of Pentamerismus retusus Meyer and a key to species of the world

Department of Plant Protection; College of Food and Agriculture Sciences; King Saud University; Riyadh 11451; Saudi Arabia
Department of Plant Protection; College of Food and Agriculture Sciences; King Saud University; Riyadh 11451; Saudi Arabia
Department of Plant Protection; College of Food and Agriculture Sciences; King Saud University; Riyadh 11451; Saudi Arabia
Department of Plant Protection; College of Food and Agriculture Sciences; King Saud University; Riyadh 11451; Saudi Arabia
Acari false spider mites retusus Oligomerismus Saudi Arabia taxonomy

Abstract

After critically assessing of the published literature for all 23 species of the tenuipalpid genus Pentamerimus McGregor, 1949, this taxon is divided into two subgenera: subgenus Pentamerismus McGregor, 1949 with setae f2 present (12 species) and a restored subgenus Oligomerismus Mitrofanov, 1973 lacking setae f2 (11 species). Based on the material from Saudi Arabia, the male of Pentamerismus (Oligomerismus) retusus Meyer, 1979 is for the first time described, and the complementary description of the female is provided. The generic affiliation of P. (O.) collinus Meyer & Van Dis, 1993 is discussed. Additionally, an updated key to all known species of the genus Pentamerismus is provided.

 

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