Four new species of Eriophyoid mites from Brazil (Acarina, Eriophyoidea)

Flechtmann, Carlos H.W

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000100010

Abstract

Tegonotus tricarinatus n.sp., Floracarus claviger n.sp., Cosella callipodex n.sp. and Aculus verrucosus n.sp., Acarina, Eriophyoidea, from Brazil are described and figured.

Eriophyoidea; Tegonotus; Floracarus; Cosella; Aculus; taxonomy

Four new species of Eriophyoid mites from Brazil (Acarina, Eriophyoidea)

Carlos H.W. Flechtmann

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, ESALQ. 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil. Bolsista do CNPq

ABSTRACT

Tegonotus tricarinatusn.sp.,Floracarus clavigern.sp.,Cosella callipodexn.sp. and Aculus verrucosus n.sp., Acarina, Eriophyoidea, from Brazil are described and figured.

Key words: Eriophyoidea, Tegonotus, Floracarus, Cosella, Aculus, taxonomy

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Recebido em 30.X.1995; aceito em 01.VIII.1996.

Brown, R.W. 1979. Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, Smithsonian Inst. Press, 882p.
Das, A.K. & S. Chakrabarti. 1985. Studies on Eriophyid mites (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) of India. XVI. One new genus and ten new species from India. Oriental Insects 19:133-153.
Jeppson, L.R.; H.H. Keifer & E.W. Baker. 1975. Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. Univ. Calif. Press, XXIV+614p.
Keifer, H.H. 1939. Eriophyid Studies. IV. Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 28 (3):223-239.
______. 1946. Eriophyid Studies. XVI. Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 35 (1):39-48.
______. 1953. Eriophyid Studies. XXI. Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 42 (2):65-79.
______. 1955. Eriophyid Studies. XXIV. Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 44 (4):159-164.
______. 1959. Eriophyid Studies XXVII. Bur. Entomol. Calif. Dept. Agric.Occas. Pap. (1):1-18.
______. 1964. Eriophyid Studies. B-12. Bur. Entomol. Calif. Dept. Agric, 20p.
______. 1978. Eriophyid Studies. C-15. Agric. Res. Serv., USDA, 18p.
Manson, D.C.M. 1984. Eriophyoidea except Eriophyinae (Arachnida: Acari). Fauna of New Zealand, Wellington, (4):1-142.
Mondal, S. & C. Chakrabarti. 1981. Studies on Eriophyid mites (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) of India. X. New genus and new species from West Bengal. Oriental Insects 15 (3):313-319.
Newkirk, R.A. & H.H. Keifer. 1975. Eriophyoidea: synoptic keys to groups and genera, p. 562-587. In: L.R. Jeppson; H.H. Keifer & E.W. Baker (Eds). Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. Univ. Calif. Press, 614p.
Roivainen, H. 1950. Eriophyid news from Sweden. Acta. Entomol. Fenn. 7:1-51.

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23 July 2009
Date of issue
1996

History

Received
30 Oct 1995
Accepted
01 Aug 1996

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[1] Brown, R.W. 1979. Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, Smithsonian Inst. Press, 882p.

[2] Das, A.K. & S. Chakrabarti. 1985. Studies on Eriophyid mites (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) of India. XVI. One new genus and ten new species from India. Oriental Insects 19:133-153.

[3] Jeppson, L.R.; H.H. Keifer & E.W. Baker. 1975. Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. Univ. Calif. Press, XXIV+614p.

[4] Keifer, H.H. 1939. Eriophyid Studies. IV. Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 28 (3):223-239.

[5] ______. 1946. Eriophyid Studies. XVI. Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 35 (1):39-48.

[6] ______. 1953. Eriophyid Studies. XXI. Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 42 (2):65-79.

[7] ______. 1955. Eriophyid Studies. XXIV. Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 44 (4):159-164.

[8] ______. 1959. Eriophyid Studies XXVII. Bur. Entomol. Calif. Dept. Agric.Occas. Pap. (1):1-18.

[9] ______. 1964. Eriophyid Studies. B-12. Bur. Entomol. Calif. Dept. Agric, 20p.

[10] ______. 1978. Eriophyid Studies. C-15. Agric. Res. Serv., USDA, 18p.

[11] Manson, D.C.M. 1984. Eriophyoidea except Eriophyinae (Arachnida: Acari). Fauna of New Zealand, Wellington, (4):1-142.

[12] Mondal, S. & C. Chakrabarti. 1981. Studies on Eriophyid mites (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) of India. X. New genus and new species from West Bengal. Oriental Insects 15 (3):313-319.

[13] Newkirk, R.A. & H.H. Keifer. 1975. Eriophyoidea: synoptic keys to groups and genera, p. 562-587. In: L.R. Jeppson; H.H. Keifer & E.W. Baker (Eds). Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. Univ. Calif. Press, 614p.

[14] Roivainen, H. 1950. Eriophyid news from Sweden. Acta. Entomol. Fenn. 7:1-51.