Taxonomic revision of the species of Daidalotarsonemus de León (Acari: Tarsonemidae), phylogenetic analysis with morphological and molecular characters, and bioecological evaluation

• Grant number: 11/19890-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: May 01, 2012
• End date: March 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Carlos Lofego
• Grantee: José Marcos Rezende
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/08402-0 - Taxonomic revision of the species of Daidalotarsonemus deposited in the Acari collection of the United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM), BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Tarsonemidae is a family of mites composed by 40 genera and 530 species. They have feeding habitats varied, including micophagous and phytophagous species. Some of them are important pests in agriculture and theme of many scientific works in the area. On the other hand, species restricted to natural environments are subject of very few studies. Daidalotarsonemus is a genus composed by 25 species, for which there is just one taxonomic revision was published in the 70s. Also, there are no previous phylogenetic or bioecological studies to species of the group. So, the main objectives of this project are the taxonomic revision, phylogenetic study and bioecological analysis of Daidalotarsonemus. Holotypes must be analysed to redescription of species, if necessary. The morphological data will be used to create a matrix of characters, which will be used to phylogenetic analysis in the TNT software. Rearing units of D. tesselatus will be kept in laboratory, to analyse the life cicle and feeding habitat of the species. Furthermore, information about geographic distribution and host associations must be collected of all Daidalotarsonemus species. During the Doctorate, it is planned a period in United States, in one of units of the USDA-ARS with an estimated duration of, at least, six months. (AU)

Scientific publications

(8)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; OCHOA, RONALD; BAUCHAN, GARY. New species of Daidalotarsonemus and Excelsotarsonemus (Acari, Tarsonemidae) from the Brazilian rainforest. ZOOKEYS, n. 475, p. 1-36, 2015. (11/19890-0, 13/08402-0)

REZENDE, JOSE M.; OCHOA, RONALD; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.. Ten new species of Daidalotarsonemus (Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae) from Costa Rica. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY, v. 41, n. 6, p. 45-pg., 2015-08-18. (11/19890-0, 13/08402-0)

REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; OCHOA, RONALD; BAUCHAN, GARY. New species of Daidalotarsonemus and Excelsotarsonemus (Acari, Tarsonemidae) from the Brazilian rainforest. ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 475, p. 36-pg., 2015-01-01. (11/19890-0, 13/08402-0)

REZENDE, JOSE M.; OCHOA, RONALD; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.. Ten new species of Daidalotarsonemus (Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae) from Costa Rica. International Journal of Acarology, v. 41, n. 6, p. 449-493, AUG 18 2015. (11/19890-0, 13/08402-0)

CASTRO, ELIZEU B.; BEARD, JENNIFER J.; OCHOA, RONALD; BAUCHAN, GARY R.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Two new species of Tenuipalpus sensu stricto (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil, with a discussion on the ontogeny of leg setae. Zootaxa, v. 4540, n. 1, p. 178-210, DEC 28 2018. (11/19890-0, 16/01193-5, 17/00458-8)

REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; OCHOA, RONALD. Two new species of Daidalotarsonemus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae) from Brazil. ACAROLOGIA, v. 55, n. 4, p. 435-448, 2015. (11/19890-0, 13/08402-0)

NUVOLONI, FELIPE MICALI; LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; FAZZIO FERES, REINALDO JOSE. Phytoseiidae mites associated with Hevea spp. from the Amazon region: a hidden diversity under the canopy of native trees. SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY, v. 13, n. 2, p. 182-206, MAR 4 2015. (11/19890-0, 10/19935-1)

LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; PITTON, THAFAREL; REZENDE, JOSE M.. A new genus and new species of Tarsonemidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) from the Brazilian rainforests. SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, v. 21, n. 3, p. 307-319, MAR 2016. (11/19890-0, 11/08941-3)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

REZENDE, José Marcos. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Daidalotarsonemus De Leon and Excelsotarsonemus Ochoa & Naskrecki species (Acari: Tarsonemidae). 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas. São José do Rio Preto São José do Rio Preto.