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13 May 2016 Across continents: first species of Denheyernaxoides (Acari: Cunaxidae) from Americas
Matheus Santos Rocha, Tairis Da-Costa, Gabriela Reis-Avila, Noeli Juarez Ferla
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Abstract

Denheyernaxoides americanus sp.nov. is described and illustrated from lichens and moss associated with bark of Ilex paraguariensis A. St. Hil. (Aquifoliaceae) in yerba-mate agroecosystem at Putinga municipality, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. This is the first species of this genus found in Americas. New records of cunaxids Neobonzia moraesi (Den Heyer & Castro, 2008), Neocunaxoides andrei (Baker & Hoffmann, 1948) and Pulaeus pectinatus (Ewing, 1909) from Rio Grande do Sul State are also provided. A key to world Denheyernaxoides species is included.

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Matheus Santos Rocha, Tairis Da-Costa, Gabriela Reis-Avila, and Noeli Juarez Ferla "Across continents: first species of Denheyernaxoides (Acari: Cunaxidae) from Americas," Systematic and Applied Acarology 21(5), 689-697, (13 May 2016). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.21.5.10
Received: 10 December 2015; Accepted: 1 March 2016; Published: 13 May 2016
KEYWORDS
Denheyernaxoides americanus
Ilex paraguariensis
Lichens
moss
Rio Grande do Sul state
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