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12 January 2022 New species and records of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Central and South Americas
André Silva Guimarães Sousa, José Marcos Rezende, Antonio Carlos Lofego, Ronald Ochoa, Gary Bauchan, Connor Gulbronson, Anibal Ramadan Oliveira
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Abstract

The family Tarsonemidae (Acari: Prostigmata) exhibits a high diversity of feeding habits and morphological structures, which allow them to be successful in many habitats. In Costa Rica, the Mesoamerican forest is a biome that includes all tropical and subtropical natural plant formations with high biodiversity. In Brazil, Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae) is cultivated under the canopies of larger trees, in a shaded plantation system called cabruca. Two new Metatarsonemus species are described from Brazilian cabruca agroforest. New records for the genus from Mesoamerica, Atlantic Forest and cabruca agroforest are presented. A key to the species of Metatarsonemus of the world is included.

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André Silva Guimarães Sousa, José Marcos Rezende, Antonio Carlos Lofego, Ronald Ochoa, Gary Bauchan, Connor Gulbronson, and Anibal Ramadan Oliveira "New species and records of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Central and South Americas," Systematic and Applied Acarology 27(2), 381-398, (12 January 2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.2.11
Received: 6 May 2021; Accepted: 15 June 2021; Published: 12 January 2022
KEYWORDS
cabruca
morphology
Tarsonemoidea
taxonomy
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