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Acamerobia inflatus gen. n. & sp. n. from Australia (Acari: Prostigmata: Raphignathoidea: Camerobiidae) with notes on the idiosomal chaetotaxy

Key Lab of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China Current address: Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, Investigation & Diagnostic Centres, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9 Canada
Acari Taxonomy Australia new genus

Abstract

Currently, six genera are known in the family Camerobiidae (Acari: Prostigmata). Herein we propose a new genus, Acamerobia, based on a new species, Acamerobia inflatus, from bark of Jacaranda mimosifolia in Brisbane, Australia, and redefine the family and provide a key to genera. We also give comments on the idiosomal chaetotaxy for the family.

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