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New species and records of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Central and South Americas.
- Source :
- Systematic & Applied Acarology; 2022, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p381-398, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MITES
CACAO
SPECIES
TROPICAL plants
ACARIFORMES
COFFEE plantations
PLANTATIONS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13621971
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Systematic & Applied Acarology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154794270
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.2.11