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Research Project: Plant Feeding Mite (Acari) Systematics

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: First record of Linotetranidae in Brazil, with a redescription of Linotetranus achrous Baker and Pritchard and description of a new species

Author
item TASSI, ALINE - Universidade De Sao Paulo
item DUARTE, ADRIANE DA FONS - Universidade Federal De Pelotas
item DA CUNHA, UEMERSON SILVA - Universidade Federal De Pelotas
item Ochoa, Ronald - Ron
item KITAJIMA, ELLIOT - Universidade De Sao Paulo

Submitted to: International Journal of Acarology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/29/2020
Publication Date: 10/28/2020
Citation: Tassi, A.D., Duarte, A.E., Da Cunha, U., Ochoa, R., Kitajima, E.W. 2020. First record of Linotetranidae in Brazil, with a redescription of Linotetranus achrous Baker and Pritchard and description of a new species. International Journal of Acarology. 46:1-10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2020.1831590

Interpretive Summary: Plant feeding mites are important agricultural pest on crops, ornamentals and fruit trees. Their damage cost many millions of dollars annually world wide. This article describe a not well known species of a soil-root feeding mite that belongs to a not well known family. It is the first record of this genus and family for Brazil. This study will be important to plant protection officers, extension workers, agriculture scientists, entomologists and plant growers.

Technical Abstract: Linotetranus achrous Baker and Pritchard, 1953 was originally described from specimens collected on Distichlis spicata from Tesla (today the Carnegie State Recreation Area), state of California, United States of America. The original description does not provide enough information essential for accurate and consistent species identification. In this paper, we redescribe the female of L. achrous and include additional novel data in a standardized form. In addition, we describe Linotetranus faemensis sp. nov., based of adult females, collected from soil in native grassland from south of Brazil. This is the first time the family Linotetranidae has been recorded from Brazil. An updated key to all known species of the world is provided.