Camerobiid mites (Acariformes: Raphignathina: Camerobiidae) inhabiting epiphytic bromeliads and soil litter of tropical dry forest with analysis of setal homology in the genus Neophyllobius
Autor: | Víctor Hugo Toledo-Hernández, Angélica María Corona-López, Ricardo Paredes-León, Alejandro Flores-Palacios |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Arthropoda predator 010607 zoology Identification key Acariformes 01 natural sciences lcsh:Botany Arachnida Botany lcsh:Zoology Animalia Acari lcsh:QL1-991 Mexico Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Taxonomy chaetotaxy tree canopy biology Tillandsia Chaetotaxy Prostigmata Camerobiidae Biodiversity biology.organism_classification lcsh:QK1-989 010602 entomology Tillandsia spp Taxonomy (biology) |
Zdroj: | European Journal of Taxonomy, Vol 0, Iss 202 (2016) |
ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
Popis: | A survey of the camerobiid mites living on epiphytic bromeliads and the forest floor of a Mexican tropical dry forest was carried out. We found three new species of the genus Neophyllobius, which are described in this paper; the first two, namely N. cibyci sp. nov. and N. tepoztlanensis sp. nov., were both found inhabiting bromeliads (Tillandsia spp.) and living on two tree species (Quercus obtusata and Sapium macrocarpum); the third, N. tescalicola sp. nov., was found in soil and litter under Q. obtusata. These three new species can be differentiated from other species in the genus by a combination of morphological characters in adult females, mainly those setae on femora and genua I. The idiosoma and leg setal ontogeny of a camerobiid mite is presented for the first time in this paper, illustrating chaetotaxic notations and their relative positions in N. cibyci sp. nov. larva, protonymph and adults (female and male), and establishing setal homologies among instars. Setal homology with other species in the cohort Raphignathina is briefly discussed. Additionally, a compilation and an identification key to all known species of camerobiid mites in Mexico is provided. |
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