Two species of Acaricis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from New Zealand, moved from the genus Tenuipalpus, with a key to the known species

Author(s)

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

Affiliation

^[1] Sao Paulo State Univ UNESP, Inst Biosci Humanities & Exact Sci IBILCE, Campus Sao Jose do Rio Preto, BR-15054000 Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil

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

^[3] Agr Res Serv, SEL, USDA, BARC, Beltsville, MD 20705 - USA

^[4] CNPq, Brasilia, DF - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: ACAROLOGIA; v. 58, n. 4, p. 855-867, 2018.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Acaricis Beard \& Gerson (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is a small genus of flat mites with three species described from Australian and New Zealand sedges (Poales: Cyperaceae). In this article, we redescribe two species, Tenuipalpus montanus Collyer and T. alpinus Collyer, and move them to the genus Acaricis, so that these species become Acaricis montanus (Collyer) comb. nov. and A. alpinus (Collyer) comb. nov.. These two species share several characters with other Acaricis that species of Tenuipalpus do not. A key to the world species of Acaricis is also proposed. (AU)

• 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