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Research Project: Systematics of Acari and Hemiptera: Plant Pests, Predators, and Disease Vectors

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: A new flat mite of the genus Brevipalpus Donnadieu (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil, with complete ontogenetic pattern of setal additions

Author
item CASTRO, E - Sao Paulo State University (UNESP)
item TASSSI, ALINE - Universidad De Sao Paulo
item Ochoa, Ronald - Ron
item BEARD, J - University Of Maryland
item LOFEGO, ANTONIO - Sao Paulo State University (UNESP)

Submitted to: Systematic and Applied Acarology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/31/2023
Publication Date: 11/24/2023
Citation: Castro, E.B., Tasssi, A.D., Ochoa, R., Beard, J.J., Lofego, A. 2023. A new flat mite of the genus Brevipalpus Donnadieu (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil, with complete ontogenetic pattern of setal additions. Systematic and Applied Acarology. 28(11):1727-1747. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.11.4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.11.4

Interpretive Summary: The flat mite family has more than 1100 species, categorized into 41 genera, and they are all obligate plant feeders. One flat mite genus has over 200 species feeding on economic important fruit trees and ornamentals worldwide. In this study a new species from Brazil is describe, illustrated, and compared with other close species. The information will be used by scientists, botanists, ecologists, and plant inspectors.

Technical Abstract: A new species of flat mite (Acari; Tenuipalpidae), Brevipalpus canastra Castro, Beard & Ochoa sp. nov., is described from females, deutonymphs, protonymphs and larvae collected on Sabicea brasiliensis (Rubiaceae), from the Cerrado in Brazil. The new species belongs to the Brevipalpus phoenicis species group. The ontogenetic changes in the idiosoma and leg chaetotaxy of all stages are presented and micrographs using low-temperature scanning electron microscopy (LT-SEM) are provided.