A new species of Petalomium from Brazil with a redescription of Petalomiumgottrauxi Mahunka 1977 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Neopygmephoridae)

Rafaela A. Da Silva; Alexander A. Khaustov; Juliana M.s. Lopes; Jacques H.c. Delabie; Anibal R. Oliveira

doi:10.11158/saa.22.11.2

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9 October 2017 A new species of Petalomium from Brazil with a redescription of Petalomiumgottrauxi Mahunka 1977 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Neopygmephoridae)

Rafaela A. Da Silva, Alexander A. Khaustov, Juliana M.s. Lopes, Jacques H.c. Delabie, Anibal R. Oliveira

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22(11):1800-1812 (2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.11.2

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A new species of PetalomiumCross 1965 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Neopygmephoridae) is described. This mite was found associated (phoresy) with workers of an ant, Neoponera verenae (Forel 1922) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in several localities in the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. This is the first record of the genus in South America. A closely related species, Petalomium gottrauxiMahunka 1977, is redescribed based on the paratype and specimens from Crimea. New recorded morphological structures are described and discussed.

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Rafaela A. Da Silva, Alexander A. Khaustov, Juliana M.s. Lopes, Jacques H.c. Delabie, and Anibal R. Oliveira "A new species of Petalomium from Brazil with a redescription of Petalomiumgottrauxi Mahunka 1977 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Neopygmephoridae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 22(11), 1800-1812, (9 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.11.2

Received: 4 June 2017; Accepted: 11 August 2017; Published: 9 October 2017

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