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The family Tuckerellidae (Prostigmata: Tetranychoidea) includes 32 known species worldwide, with three of them reported in Brazil. Studies of the mite fauna associated with the native vegetation of the Pampa biome have revealed a great diversity of mites, including the discovery of new species and new records to Brazil. In this study, the species T...
To enhance modern morphological keys, micrographs and detailed drawings of the holotypes of Brevipalpus olivicola Pegazzano & Castagnoli, Brevipalpus rotai (Castagnoli & Pegazzano), and Brevipalpus mitrofanovi (Pegazzano) are provided, showcasing refined morphological features, along with ontogenetic changes in leg chaetotaxy. Furthermore, Brevipal...
The Caatinga biome is unique to Brazil, covering approximately 13% of the country's territory with an estimated area of around 800,000 km 2 , encompassing 70% of the Northeast Region of Brazil. Studies on the diversity of mite species in natural areas are still in the early stages yet are essential because understanding the diversity of these organ...
The genus Aegyptobia is recorded from South America for the first time, with the description of a new species collected from the branches of a native forest tree, Neltuma piurensis (Fabaceae), from Department of Piura in northwestern Peru. The species A. pennatulae Baker & Tuttle was also collected from the same host, and is redescribed based on th...
The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classifications. In this context, the Brazilian mega...
The flat mite Tenuipalpus uvae De Leon, 1962 (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is restricted to the Americas. The only available descriptions of this mite are based on the holotype and 12 paratype females and nymphs from Mexico. This paper focuses on redescribing the species based on the paratypes and new material from Florida (USA) and Brazil. Additionally,...
Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: se ng the baseline knowledge on the
animal diversity in Brazil
The family Tenuipalpidae includes agricultural pests that have garnered extensive attention from the global research community. Despite the economic importance of tenuipalpids, due to their ecology and global trade of the infested plants, there has not been any corresponding and comprehensive research on these mites in Italy in recent decades. This...
Supplementary material: Updated Italian checklist of Tenuipalpidae with description of a new species and new worldwide records of the genus Cenopalpus (Pritchard et Baker)
Extenuipalpus is reviewed, covering its taxonomic history, a new genus diagnosis, body and leg chaetotaxy, and redescriptions of the three previously known species E. niekerkae (Meyer, 1979), E. quadrisetosus (Lawrence, 1940) and E. sagittus (Meyer, 1993) based on type material. We also describe a new species, E. situngu Beard & Ueckermann sp. nov....
A new species of flat mite (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), Brevipalpus canastra Castro, Beard & Ochoa sp. nov., is described from the adult female, deutonymph, protonymph and larval stages collected on Sabicea brasiliensis (Rubiaceae), in the Cerrado region of Brazil. The new species belongs to the Brevipalpus phoenicis species group. The ontogenetic chang...
Brevipalpus Donnadieu is the second most numerous genus of the family Tenuipalpidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychoidea) with more than 300 known species. Species of the genus Brevipalpus can cause damage directly through feeding or indirectly through the transmission of plant viruses. Brazil has records of 10 species of Brevipalpus, with only two...
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In Category II, relating to images produced by special instruments, the winner in first place was Elizeu Barbosa de Castro, PhD in Animal Biology from the São Paulo State University (UNESP), specializing in Acarology. The win...
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The flat mite family Tenuipalpidae includes 41 genera and more than 1100 species worldwide, and is considered one of the most important families of phytophagous mites. The Ultratenuipalpus is a small genus with 25 known species present in almost all zoogeographic regions. Here, a new species Ultratenuipalpus parameekeri Castro, Ochoa...
Tenuipalpidae (Trombidiformes: Tetranychoidea) is an economically important family of plant-feeding mites. The family has approximately 1,100 described species in 41 genera with worldwide distribution. Currently, 40 species of Tenuipalpidae have been recorded from Brazil, and prior to this study only 11 were known from Bahia state. Five new species...
Tenuipalpus panici De Leon was originally described from female specimens collected on Panicum maximum Jacq. (Poaceae) from South of Baranquetas, Puerto Rico. In this paper, we redescribe the female of T. panici based on the holotype and on specimens newly collected in Brazil. It is the first record of the species in South America. Females, nymphs...
A new species of flat mite (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), Tenuipalpus bauchani sp. nov., collected on Trichilia casaretti C. de Candolle and T. elegans A. Juss (Meliaceae), is described from the State of São Paulo, Brazil. A key to the Brazilian species of Tenuipalpus based on females is provided.
The presence of the red palm mite Raoiella indica Hirst, was recorded on açaí, Euterpe oleracea Mart. (Arecaceae), in Porto Seguro, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. We evaluated the population dynamics of R. indica from September 2019 to February 2020. The population outbreak and most severe damage caused by R. indica was observed in February, a p...
This paper announces a database on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of mites of the family Tenuipalpidae Berlese (Acari: Tetranychoidea), available online at https://www.tenuipalpidae.ibilce.unesp.br/. In the Tenuipalpidae Database the recorded world distribution and range of host plants are provided for each tenuipalpid species, includin...
Tenuipalpus coyacus was described from female, male and deutonymph specimens collected on oil palm (Arecaceae) from San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico. In this article, we redescribe the female, male and immatures of T. coyacus from type specimens and newly collected material in Brazil. Also included are additional novel data (e.g. dorsal and ventral orname...
A new species of Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), Tenuipalpus odoratus Souza, Castro & Oliveira sp. nov., is described from females, males, deutonymphs, protonymphs and larvae collected on Cedrela odorata L. (Meliaceae) from Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. A proposed ontogeny of leg chaetotaxy is also included.
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 spec...
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
(...
Rubber trees, Hevea brasiliensis, are the main source of latex in the world, being cultivated in several states in Brazil. Calacarus heveae Feres and Tenuipalpus heveae Baker are considered the main pest mites of this crop. In this study, we evaluated the population dynamics of these two phytophagous species and of the most common predatory species...
Tenuipalpus palosapis Corpuz-Raros, 1978 was described based on specimens collected on Anisoptera thurifera Blume and Shorea squamata Benth. and Hook.f. (both Dipterocarpaceae), from Laguna, Republic of the Philippines. In this article, we redescribe T. palosapis based on paratype specimens deposited at the National Insect and Mite Collection, Nati...
Terminalichus Anwarullah & Khan (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is a genus of flat mites with seven known species, to date. Their distribution is restricted to South Asia, with five species described from India and one each from Pakistan and China. In this study, a proposed new species, Terminalichus sp. nov., is described based on adult females, deutonymph...
Oligonychus Berlese is the largest genus of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae), with 206 known species, of which 27 have been recorded in Brazil. In May 2015, we confirmed an infestation of Oligonychus milleri (McGregor) on plantations of Pinus caribaea (Pinaceae) and of Oligonychus ununguis (Jacobi) on plantations of Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucaly...
A new species, Terminalichus simplex sp. nov., is described based on adult females, deutonymphs and
protonymphs, collected on Terminalia catappa L. (Combretaceae) from Thailand. The relationship of
Terminalichus with other brevipalpine genera is discussed and a key to species of Terminalichus, Tenuilichus,
Amblypalpus, Colopalpus and Priscapalpus i...
We verified infestation of Oligonychus milleri (McGregor) on plantations of Pinus caribaea (Pinaceae) and of Oligonychus ununguis (Jacobi) on plantations of Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus grandis (Myrtaceae) in State of Rondônia, Northern region of Brazil. This represents the first record of O. milleri in Brazil. Oligonychus ununguis was recorde...
Tenuipalpus heveae Baker, 1945 was originally described from only female specimens collected on rubber
trees from Belterra, State of Pará, Brazil. The original description does not provide enough key information essential for accurate and consistent species identification, and thus, it is difficult to correctly identify this species. In this paper,...
The Cerrado is the second largest Brazilian biome, and is considered to be a “hotspot” due the great concentration of endemic species and high rate of deforestation. Surveys of the mite fauna present in this biome have revealed a great number of new species. In this paper, we describe Tenuipalpus spinosaurus sp. nov. (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), a new s...
The taxonomic history of the genus Tenuipalpus Donnadieu is discussed and Tenuipalpus caudatus
(Dugès) (=Tenuipalpus palmatus Donnadieu) is redescribed based on specimens from Portugal intercepted at ports of entry in the United States, and references including photographic records of the neotype of T. caudatus. In addition, a proposed new species,...
Tenuipalpus Donnadieu é o gênero mais numeroso da família Tenuipalpidae (Acari,
Prostigmata), com mais de 300 espécies conhecidas (Mesa et al. 2009). Esse gênero é dividido
em grupos e subgrupos de espécies baseando-se na presença do par de setas dorsolaterais f2 e no
número de setas ventrais 3a e 4a (Meyer 1979, Baker & Tuttle 1987). Estudos recen...
Several researchers have recorded a high abundance of Tenuipalpus heveae Baker, 1945 (Acari, Tenuipalpidae) in rubber tree plantations from different regions of Brazil. Currently this species is considered a mite pest for this crop. Tenuipalpus heveae was described only from female specimens collected on rubber tree from Belterra, State of Pará, Br...
The genus Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) includes over 300 described species loosely united by a suite of variable morphological characters. Novel interpretations of these characters, including body morphology and idiosomal and leg chaetotaxy, suggest Tenuipalpus is a paraphyletic group, as currently defined. In this study, w...
The current study describes the results of a survey of Phytoseiidae mites conducted on a rubber tree plantation in the State of Bahia, Brazil. We present 22 species, two of which are new to science, Amblydromalus insolitus n. sp. Nuvoloni & Lofego, and Typhlodromips paramilus n. sp. Nuvoloni & Lofego, and three new records for this host are present...
Tenuipalpus toropi sp. nov., is described from females, males, deutonymphs, protonymphs and larvae collected on Sapium glandulatum (Vell.) Pax (Euphorbiaceae) from the northwest of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. We include details of the ontogenetic changes in idiosomal and leg chaetotaxy for all stages.
We discuss the taxonomic history of the genus Colopalpus Pritchard and Baker 1958, and redescribe the female, male and deutonymph of the type species, C. matthyssei (Pritchard and Baker). We provide previously unknown morphological data for C. matthyssei, in addition to complementary information on the morphology of C. nambii (Castro and Feres) obt...
With over 300 described species, Tenuipalpus Donnadieu is the speciose genus of the family Tenuipalpidae. The descriptions of many of these species are not complete, and important information necessary for a correct identification is missing. The objective of this study was to re-describe species of Tenuipalpus, with a standard morphological format...
Hirsutella thompsonii (Fischer) (Ascomycota: Ophiocordycipitaceae), a fungal pathogen, often causes high mortality in populations of Calacarus heveae Feres (Acari: Eriophyidae), an important pest mite in rubber tree plantations (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg., Euphorbiaceae). However, the ecological and climatic factors regulating this host-pathoge...
Three new species of the genus Tenuipalpus (Acariformes: Tenuipalpidae), T. tapiae sp. nov., T. apichai sp. nov., and T. nambii sp. nov. collected in Semidecidual Forest native plants in the northwest of the state of São Paulo, Brazil are described and illustrated. A key of the Brazilian species of Tenuipalpus based on females is presented.
Our aim was to investigate the population fluctuation and the damage caused by the phytophagous mites Calacarus heveae Feres, Tenuipalpus heveae Baker, and Eutetranychus banksi (McGregor) on clones FX 2784, FX 3864, and MDF 180 in rubber tree crops from southeastern Bahia, Brazil. Moreover, we tested for the influence of climatic variables on occur...
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a comunidade de ácaros associada a Genipa americana, espécie nativa utilizada na arborização do município de Ilha Solteira, São Paulo. Para isso, seis exemplares dessa planta foram amostrados durante o período de janeiro a dezembro de 2007, tendo sido registradas 17 espécies de ácaros pertencentes a 13 famílias...
