New species of predatory mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) for southern Brazil

Wesley Borges Wurlitzer; José Irving Monjarás-Barrera; Liana Johann; Noeli Juarez Ferla; Guilherme Liberato DA Silva

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4718.3.8

New species of predatory mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) for southern Brazil

Zootaxa. 2020 Jan 7;4718(3):zootaxa.4718.3.8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.3.8.

Authors

Wesley Borges Wurlitzer¹, José Irving Monjarás-Barrera, Liana Johann, Noeli Juarez Ferla, Guilherme Liberato DA Silva

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari-Univates, Lajeado, 95914-014, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. wesleeywurlitzer@gmail.com.

PMID: 32230032
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.3.8

Abstract

Two new species of Cunaxidae, Cunaxoides lajeadensis Wurlitzer Monjarás-Barrera sp. nov. and Lupaeus waldumirus Wurlitzer Monjarás-Barrera sp. nov., are described from Ipomoea alba L. (Convolvulaceae) on the edge of an urban forest fragment.

Keywords: Acari, Cunaxoides, forest fragment, Ipomoea alba, Lupaeus.

MeSH terms

Acari*
Animals
Brazil
Forests
Mites*