Two new species of Tenuipalpus sensu stricto (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil, with a discussion on the ontogeny of leg setae

Author(s)

Castro, Elizeu B. ^[1] ; Beard, Jennifer J. ^[2] ; Ochoa, Ronald ^[3] ; Bauchan, Gary R. ^[4] ; Feres, Reinaldo J. F. ^{[5, 1]}

Affiliation

^[1] Sao Paulo State Univ, UNESP, Inst Biosci Humanities & Exact Sci Ibilce, Dept Zool & Bot, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto - Brazil

^[2] Queensland Museum, POB 3300, South Brisbane 4101 - Australia

^[3] ARS, SEL, USDA, BARC, Beltsville, MD 20705 - USA

^[4] ARS, USDA, ECMU, BARC, Beltsville, MD 20705 - USA

^[5] CNPq Brazil, Brasilia, DF - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 4540, n. 1, p. 178-210, DEC 28 2018.
• Web of Science Citations: 5

Abstract

The Amazon and the Cerrado are the two largest biomes in Brazil, and combined represent nearly 70% of the natural vegetation in the country. Recent surveys of the mite fauna present in these two biomes have revealed a great number of new species. In this paper, we describe the adult females, deutonymphs, protonymphs, larvae and eggs of two new species of Tenuipalpidae (Trombidiformes: Tetranychoidea), Tenuipalpus protium sp. nov., collected on Protium heptaphyllum (Burseraceae), and Tenuipalpus kitajimai sp. nov., collected on an unidentified plant of the family Sapindaceae, from the Cerrado and the Amazon Rainforest, respectively. Females of these two new species bear two distinct cuticular crests on the dorsal opisthosoma, one transverse crest anteriorly and one longitudinal crest mesally. The ontogenetic changes in the idiosomal and leg chaetotaxy of all stages are presented for both species. Adult males are not known for either species. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/19890-0 - Taxonomic revision of the species of Daidalotarsonemus de León (Acari: Tarsonemidae), phylogenetic analysis with morphological and molecular characters, and bioecological evaluation
• Grantee: José Marcos Rezende
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 16/01193-5 - Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of Tenuipalpus sensu stricto (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), including the updating of the world family catalogue
• Grantee: Elizeu Barbosa de Castro
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 17/00458-8 - Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of Tenuipalpus sensu stricto (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), and use of LT-SEM technique for a better interpretation of the morphological characters
• Grantee: Elizeu Barbosa de Castro
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor