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A new genus of flat mites (Acariformes: Tenuipalpidae), with the description of three new species from Brazil

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new genus, Ueckermannopalpus Castro, Seeman & Beard gen. nov., is proposed to include five species: three new species, Ueckermannopalpus mineirus Castro, Ochoa & Beard sp. nov., U. cerradoensis Castro, Ochoa & Beard sp. nov., and U. unguibus Tassi, Castro & Machado sp. nov. from Brazil; and two species moved from the genus Amblypalpus Mitrofanov & Strunkova, 1978, Ueckermannopalpus thymus (Farzan, Asadi & Ueckermann, 2013) comb. nov., and U. iraniensis (Farzan, Asadi & Ueckermann, 2013) comb. nov., both from Iran. Taking into account the removal of the two latter species, a new diagnosis is provided for the genus Amblypalpus, which now comprises three species: Amblypalpus narsikulovi Mitrofanov & Strunkova, 1978, A. masakii (Ehara & Ueckermann, 2003) and A. thomissus (Meyer, 1979).

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.1.2

Authors: ELIZEU B. CASTRO, ALINE D. TASSI, VINICIUS B.G. MACHADO, RONALD OCHOA, JENNIFER J. BEARD, OWEN D. SEEMAN, ANTONIO C. LOFEGO

Institutions: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), University of Florida, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Queensland Museum

Language: English

Topic: Study of Mite Species

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4411590355

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