New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from bromeliad phytotelmata in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest are presented. One species, Protolimnesia goldschmidti (Limnesiidae) is described as new for science. It differs from all other species of the genus by the sixth segment of fourth legs having two subterminal setae extending beyond tip of segment. A first description of the female, deutonymph and larva is given for Xystonotus phytotelmaticola Pešić, 2015 (Mideopsidae).
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28 April 2016
New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from bromeliad phytotelmata in Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, with description of one new species
Vladimir Pešić,
Andrzej Zawal,
Gustavo Cauê De Oliveira Piccoli,
Ana Zangirolame Gonçalves
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 21 • No. 4
April 2016
Vol. 21 • No. 4
April 2016
Brazil
new species
taxonomy
Water mites