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Issue: Vol. 2141 No. 1: 25 Jun. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-06-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2141.1.2
Page range: 20–36
Abstract views: 33
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A revision of the genus Pulaeus Den Heyer, with descriptions of a new genus and four new Brazilian species (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae)

Departamento de Fitossanidade, UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, 14884-900
Setor de Zoologia, Departamento de Entomologia, Acarologia Agrícola, Escola Superior de Agricultura ″Luiz de Queiroz″, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, 13418-900 South African address: Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein
Acari Bdelloidea Cunaxoidinae predatory mite identification key taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus, Lupaeus gen. nov., is created to contain part of the described species in the genus Pulaeus Den Heyer. A key to the genera of the tribe Pulaeini, to which these two genera belong, and one auxiliary key to the species of Brazil and South Africa, are provided. Four new species, viz. Pulaeus myrtaceus sp. nov., P. quadrisolenidius sp. nov., Lupaeus lectus sp. nov. and L. lobidorsalis sp. nov. are described and figured. P. martini Den Heyer, 1981 is designated as type species for the new genus. New nomenclatural combinations are reported.

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