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Issue: Vol. 2073 No. 1: 16 Apr. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2073.1.3
Page range: 31–44
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 4

A new flat mite genus, Acaricis (Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae), from Australian sedges (Cyperaceae)

Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Qld 4101, Australia
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
Acari False spider mite Prolixus Tenuipalpus Tetranychoidea

Abstract

We describe two new species of false spider mite in a new genus, Acaricis gen. nov., collected from native Australian sedges (Cyperaceae). The new genus shares morphological characters with the genera Tenuipalpus Donnadieu and Prolixus Beard, Fan & Walter. All three genera have dorsal opisthosomal seta h2 long and attenuate. Acaricis shares the presence of a rostral shield with Tenuipalpus; and shares with Prolixus an elongate body shape, absence of dorsal seta c1, genua I with two setae, nude genua IV, and setae g1 being inserted anterior to g2. Acaricis differs from both genera in having four palpal segments, as opposed to one to three.

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