Eustigmaeus bryonemus, sp. n., a moss-feeding mite from Brasil (Acari, Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae)

Flechtmann, Carlos H. W.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751984000200010

Abstract

Eustigmaeus bryonemus, sp. n., is described and figured. It was found in Campinas, SP, feeding on mosses. The karyotype, determined on embryonic tissue of squashed eggs, is 2n = 8 (n = 4).

Eustigmaeus bryonemus, sp. n., a moss-feeding mite from Brasil (Acari, Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae)¹ 1 Supported, partially, by Conselho Nacional do Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq, Brasil.

Carlos H. W. Flechtmann

Univ. São Paulo, ESALQ, Dept. Zoology, 13400 Piracicaba, SP

ABSTRACT

Eustigmaeus bryonemus, sp. n., is described and figured. It was found in Campinas, SP, feeding on mosses. The karyotype, determined on embryonic tissue of squashed eggs, is 2n = 8 (n = 4).

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Supported, partially, by Conselho Nacional do Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq, Brasil.

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1984

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[1] Chaudhri, W. M., 1965. New mites of the genus Ledermuelleria. Acarologia 7(13):467-486.

[2] Croft, B. A., 1975. Integrated control of apple mites. Michigan Sta. Univ. Ext. Bull E-825:1-12.

[3] Ehara, S., 1962. Notes on some predatory mites (Phytoseiidae and Stigmaeidae). Japan. J. appl. Ent. Zool. 6:53-60.

[4] Flechtmann, C. H. W., 1968. Alguns gêneros de Raphignathoidea (Acari, Prostigmata) do Estado de São Paulo. An. Esc. Sup. Agric. "Luiz de Queiroz", Piracicaba 25:173-175.

[5] Flechtmann, C. H. W., 1981. New records of mites from Brazil with description of two new species in the genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari, Tetranychidae). Revta brasil. Biol. 41(4):861-866.

[6] Gerson, U., 1969. Moss-arthropod associations. Bryologist 72:495-500.

[7] Gerson, U., 1972. Mites of the genus Ledermuelleria (Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae) associated with mosses in Canada. Acarologia 13(2):319-343.

[8] Gonzalez-Rodriguez, R. H., 1965. A taxonomic study of the genera Mediolata, Zetzellia and Agistemus (Acarina: Stigmaeidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Ent. 41:1-64.

[9] Grandjean, F., 1944. Observations sur les acariens de la famille des Stigmaeidae. Arch. Sci. phys. nat. (5)26:103-131.

[10] Krantz, G. W. & E. E. Lindquist, 1979. Evolution of phytophagous mites (Acari). Ann. Rev. Ent. 24:121-158.

[11] Summers, F. M., 1966. Genera of the mite family Stigmaeidae Oudemans (Acarina). Acarologia 7(2):230-250.

[12] Summers, F. M. & D. W. Price, 1961. New and redescribed species of Ledermuelleria from North America (Acarina: Stigmaeidae). Hilgardia 31(10):369-382 + 5 plates.

[13] Vitzhum, G., 1931. Ordnung der Arachnida: Acari = Milben. In: Kuekenthal, Handbuch der Zoologie III.2(3):1-160.

[14] Wood, T. G., 1972. New and redescribed species of Ledermuelleria Oudms. and Villersia Oudms. (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Canada. Acarologia 13(2):301-318.