Adult Growth in Opilioacaridae with 1904 (Acari: Parasitiformes: Opilioacarida)

Leopoldo Ferreira De Oliveira Bernardi; Hans Klompen; Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

doi:10.1603/AN13056

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Leopoldo Ferreira De Oliveira Bernardi,^1,* Hans Klompen,² Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira³

¹1Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada/Departamento de Biologia/UFLA, Lavras, Minas Gerais 37200-000, B
²3Museum of Biological Diversity, Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43212-1192.
³4Laboratório de Ecologia Subterrâ;nea, Setor de Zoologia/Departamento de Biologia, UFLA, Lavras, Min

^*Corresponding author, e-mail: leopoldobernardi@yahoo.com.br.

Abstract

Mites in the order Opilioacarida are known to undergo postimaginal molting. The process has been associated with the ability to regain lost appendages, but may also result in growth and increases in numbers of specific setae. These processes were observed in four individuals, with two of these showing increases in setal lengths ranging from 8.1 to 16.6%. Qualitative growth, in the form of an increase from 5 to 6 in the number of d-type setae on the left palp, was observed in a single individual.

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Leopoldo Ferreira De Oliveira Bernardi, Hans Klompen, and Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira "Adult Growth in Opilioacaridae with 1904 (Acari: Parasitiformes: Opilioacarida)," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 106(6), 788-790, (1 November 2013). https://doi.org/10.1603/AN13056

Received: 17 April 2013; Accepted: 1 August 2013; Published: 1 November 2013