A new species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) living in the nest of the ant Neoponera inversa (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil

Virginia M. Silva; Grazielle F. Moreira; Juliana M.S. Lopes; Jacques H.C. Delabie; Anibal R. Oliveira

doi:10.11158/saa.23.1.2

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3 January 2018 A new species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) living in the nest of the ant Neoponera inversa (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil

Virginia M. Silva, Grazielle F. Moreira, Juliana M.S. Lopes, Jacques H.C. Delabie, Anibal R. Oliveira

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23(1):13-24 (2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.1.2

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Until now the mite genus Cosmolaelps Berlese was represented in Brazil by eleven species. A new species, based on adults collected exclusively from the brood of the ponerine ant Neoponera inversa (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is described. Colonies of this ant were found in dried cocoa pods fallen on the floor of a cocoa tree plantation in southern Bahia. It is suggested that the mite uses the ant mainly for phoresy as these mostly arboreal ants, commonly change the site of their colony, quickly carrying the brood from one place to another.

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Virginia M. Silva, Grazielle F. Moreira, Juliana M.S. Lopes, Jacques H.C. Delabie, and Anibal R. Oliveira "A new species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) living in the nest of the ant Neoponera inversa (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil," Systematic and Applied Acarology 23(1), 13-24, (3 January 2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.1.2

Received: 10 May 2017; Accepted: 14 November 2017; Published: 3 January 2018

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