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Research Project: Systematics of Acari and Hemiptera: Plant Pests, Predators, and Disease Vectors

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Utilizing an integrated taxonomy approach for the description of a new species of Gamasellodes (Mesostigmata: Ascidae)

Author
item RUEDA-RAMIREZ, DIANA - National University Of Colombia
item SANTOS, J. - University Of Guelph
item YOUNG, MONICA - Canadian National Collection Of Insects & Ottawa Plant Laboratory, Entomology
item Mowery, Joseph
item Ochoa, Ronald - Ron
item PALEVSKY, ERIC - Agricultural Research Organization Of Israel

Submitted to: Systematic and Applied Acarology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/10/2022
Publication Date: 1/12/2022
Citation: Rueda-Ramirez, D., Santos, J.C., Young, M., Mowery, J.D., Ochoa, R., Palevsky, E. 2022. Utilizing an integrated taxonomy approach for the description of a new species of Gamasellodes (Mesostigmata: Ascidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology. 27(2):165-180. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.2.2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.2.2

Interpretive Summary: Soil predatory mites feed on a diverse diet making them excellent candidates for conservation biocontrol. Free-living nematodes, spring tails, eggs of insects and other unwanted arthropods are commonly found in soils and serve as prey for many acarine predators. This paper described a new species of a soil predator mite present in the crop fields of Maryland. This information is useful for people working with biocontrol mite agents, quarantine, crop and grass field producers and agriculture ecosystems.

Technical Abstract: Gamasellodes garybauchani sp. nov. Rueda-Ramírez & Santos is described based on specimens collected at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). Some of the specimens were subjected to low temperature scanning electron microscopy (LTSEM), followed by DNA extraction for genetic analysis and subsequent slide mounting. Morphological characters of the new species observed both in the images obtained in LTSEM and in the observation of the mounted specimens are detailed. Molecular information available on the Barcode of Life Datasysetm (BOLD) is presented. An update to the recent key to the Gamasellodes species is provided.