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Published: 2019-08-07
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Two new species of Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with stingless bees

Laboratório de Entomologia, Escola de Ciências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brasil.
Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brasil.
Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brasil.
Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brasil.
Laboratório de Entomologia, Escola de Ciências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Acari Lorryia Meliponini Melissotydeus mite Tydeinae

Abstract

Tydeid mites have a cosmopolitan distribution and are associated with diverse substrates such as soil, plants, stored products, and animals like vertebrates and insects. Here we report two new species of tydeid mites living inside stingless bee colonies in Brazil. Lorryia meliponarum n. sp. and Melissotydeus bipunctata n. sp. are described and illustrated, and in addition a key to the species of Melissotydeus is presented.

 

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