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- Title
New species and records of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Central and South Americas.
- Authors
Guimarães Sousa, André Silva; Rezende, José Marcos; Lofego, Antonio Carlos; Ochoa, Ronald; Bauchan, Gary; Gulbronson, Connor; Oliveira, Anibal Ramadan
- Abstract
The family Tarsonemidae (Acari: Prostigmata) exhibits a high diversity of feeding habits and morphological structures, which allow them to be successful in many habitats. In Costa Rica, the Mesoamerican forest is a biome that includes all tropical and subtropical natural plant formations with high biodiversity. In Brazil, Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae) is cultivated under the canopies of larger trees, in a shaded plantation system called cabruca. Two new Metatarsonemus species are described from Brazilian cabruca agroforest. New records for the genus from Mesoamerica, Atlantic Forest and cabruca agroforest are presented. A key to the species of Metatarsonemus of the world is included.
- Subjects
COSTA Rica; CENTRAL America; MITES; CACAO; SPECIES; TROPICAL plants; ACARIFORMES; COFFEE plantations; PLANTATIONS
- Publication
Systematic & Applied Acarology, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 2, p381
- ISSN
1362-1971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11158/saa.27.2.11