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Issue: Vol. 5637 No. 1: 20 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.1
Page range: 1-56
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A new flat mite genus and five new species (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) from native Australian sedges (Cyperaceae)

Queensland Museum; P.O. Box 3300; South Brisbane; Queensland; 4101; Australia
Queensland Museum; P.O. Box 3300; South Brisbane; Queensland; 4101; Australia
Acari taxonomy descriptions host plant specificity radiation morphology

Abstract

Five new species of Tenuipalpidae are described with a new genus Scleriacarus Beard & Seeman from native Australian sedge species (Cyperaceae)—Scleriacarus gilberti gen. nov. sp. nov. and Acaricis scleriae sp. nov. from Scleria sphacelata, Aegyptobia gahnia sp. nov. from Gahnia radula, Prolixus asperus sp. nov. from Gahnia aspera, and Prolixus insignis sp. nov. from Gahnia insignis. Aegyptobia gahnia sp. nov. represents both the first record of the predominantly grass-associated mcswaini species group in Australia and the first record of this genus from a sedge.

 

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How to Cite

Beard, J.J. & Seeman, O.D. (2025) A new flat mite genus and five new species (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) from native Australian sedges (Cyperaceae). Zootaxa, 5637 (1), 1–56. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.1