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Issue: Vol. 1048 No. 1: 13 Sept. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1048.1.3
Page range: 37–44
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Zetzellia Oudemans (Acari: Stigmaeidae) that threaten the concept of genera: disgeneric marriage?

Universidade Estadual Paulista Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas IBILCE/ UNESP; Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. 15054-000; Depto. Zoologia e Botânica
Programa de Pós-Graduação-Biologia Animal, Unesp, campus de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Acari taxonomy systematics Zetzellia Hevea brasiliensis predators

Abstract

Two new species of Zetzellia Oudemans, Z. agistzellia sp. n. and Z. quasagistemas sp. n., are described from rubber trees of northwestern São Paulo State, Brazil. Females have clear features of Zetzellia, whereas males resemble Agistemus in some characters. Immatures are also described. The discovery of these species raises some problems concerning generic concepts in Stigmaeidae. Since features of different genera are present in the same species, the authors suggest that the scope of those genera should be reviewed.

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