Three new species of flat mites (Acari: Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) from alpine New Zealand
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2025-01-27
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Acarologia
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Abstract
Female, male and deutonymph of Acaricis brevicaudus sp. nov., female and deutonymph of Dolichotetranychus tuberculatus sp. nov., and female of Pentamerismus corniger sp. nov. are described and illustrated from alpine cushion fields in New Zealand. Both A. brevicaudus sp. nov. and D. tuberculatus sp. nov. are associated with the cushion-forming ultra-dwarf shrub Dracophyllum muscoides Hook. f. (Ericaceae). The host plant for P. corniger sp. nov. is currently unknown. The diagnosis of Acaricis Beard and Gerson is modified. Additionally, Pentamerismus is recorded from New Zealand for the first time.
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Prostigmata, Acaricis, Dolichotetranychus, Pentamerismus, systematics, morphology, phytophagy
Citation
Khaustov AA, Minor MA. (2025). Three new species of flat mites (Acari: Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) from alpine New Zealand. Acarologia. 65. 1. (pp. 91-115).