Study of Tarsoneminae mites (Acari: Tarsonemidae) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), and use of CLSM and LT-SEM techniques for new interpretation of morphological characters

• Grant number: 16/16779-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Carlos Lofego
• Grantee: José Marcos Rezende
• Supervisor: Ronald A. Ochoa
• 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
• Institution abroad: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 15/19867-0 - Investigating the phylogeny of Tarsoneminae CANESTRINI & Fanzago, 1877 (Acari: Tarsonemidae): use of electronic (LT-SEM) and confocal (CLSM) microscopies on the inclusion of new genera and reinterpretation of characters, BP.PD

Abstract

Tarsoneminae Canestrini & Fanzago is one of the three subfamilies of Tarsonemidae (Acari: Prostigmata). There is only one phylogenetic study for this subfamily (Lindquist 1986). Since then, new Tarsoneminae genera have been found and described, which makes this initial phylogeny hypothesis outdated. Also, new microscopy technologies have been developed, bringing new comprehension about the morphology of mites. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the Tarsoneminae phylogeny again, gathering the new taxa in the analysis and using microscope and heuristic methods advanced. This way, the main objective of this proposal is to gather information about the internal and external morphology of all known Tarsoneminae genera, in order to produce a new and improved phylogenetic hypothesis. For this, we aim to study the Tarsoneminae types deposited in the NMNH Mite Collection and other institutions around the world, through loaning. We also intend to analyze morphological characters through phase contrast (PC), differential interference (PC), confocal (CLSM) and low temperature scanning electron (LT-SEM) microscopes. After the morphological analyses, we expect to elaborate better genera diagnosis, when necessary. These activities are planned to be executed at the National Insect & Mite Collection (NIMC), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, US; and the Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit (ECMU), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Betsville MD, USA. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; CERQUEIRA CAVALCANTE, ANA CRISTINA; DEMITE, PETERSON RODRIGO; REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; OCHOA, RONALD; DE MORAES, GILBERTO JOSE. Reinstatement of Metatarsonemus Attiah (Acari: Tarsonemidae), with description of a new species, redefinition of the genus and a key to the world species. Zootaxa, v. 4711, n. 2, p. 307-329, DEC 16 2019. (11/08941-3, 19/09973-8, 16/16779-5, 15/19867-0)

REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; GULBRONSON, CONNOR; BAUCHAN, GARY; OCHOA, RONALD. Review of the genus Ceratotarsonemus De Leon, 1956 (Acari: Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae), with description of a new species from the Amazon Forest. Zootaxa, v. 4483, n. 2, p. 271-294, SEP 21 2018. (15/19867-0, 16/16779-5)

GUIMARAES SOUSA, ANDRE SILVA; REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; OCHOA, RONALD; OLIVEIRA, ANIBAL RAMADAN. Daidalotarsonemus and Excelsotarsonemus species (Acari: Tarsonemidae) found in shaded cacao plantations in Brazil, with a description of a new species. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY, v. 44, n. 2-3, p. 68-79, 2018. (16/16779-5, 15/19867-0)

REZENDE, JOSE M.; OTTO, JUERGEN C.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; OCHOA, RONALD. A new species of Fungitarsonemus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae) from Australia. SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, v. 23, n. 7, p. 1239-1253, JUL 2018. (16/16779-5, 15/19867-0)

LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; DEMITE, PETERSON RODRIGO; FAZZIO FERES, REINALDO JOSE. Mite fauna associated with Cecropia pachystachya Trec. (Urticaceae)-the importance of the plant as reservoir and dissemination means for predatory mites. SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, v. 22, n. 10, p. 1780-1794, OCT 2017. (06/55725-6, 16/16779-5, 15/19867-0, 04/04820-3)

GUIMARAES SOUSA, ANDRE SILVA; REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; OCHOA, RONALD; BAUCHAN, GARY; GULBRONSON, CONNOR; OLIVEIRA, ANIBAL RAMADAN. Two new species of Tarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Bahia, Brazil. SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, v. 25, n. 6, p. 27-pg., 2020-06-01. (16/16779-5, 19/09973-8, 15/19867-0)

REZENDE, JOSE M.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; OCHOA, RONALD. Redescription of Suctarsonemus litteratus (Mahunka, 1973) (Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY, v. 43, n. 8, p. 582-593, 2017. (16/16779-5, 15/19867-0)

GUIMARAES SOUSA, ANDRE SILVA; REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; OCHOA, RONALD; BAUCHAN, GARY; GULBRONSON, CONNOR; OLIVEIRA, ANIBAL RAMADAN. New species and records of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Central and South Americas. SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, v. 27, n. 2, p. 18-pg., 2022-02-01. (16/16779-5, 15/19867-0, 19/09973-8)