First record of Cenopalpus officinalis Papaioannou-Souliotis (Tenuipalpidae) for Israel, Italy and Mexico and a redescription Author Giosa, Marcello De Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (Di. S. S. P. A.), University of Bari Aldo Moro, via Amendola, 165 / a, Bari, 70126, Italy. & World Biodiversity Association Onlus c / o Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9, 37129 Verona, Italy. Author Tassi, Aline Daniele Unidade Laboratorial de Referência em Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Instituto Biológico, Av. Author McDonald, Eric M. Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS-USDA, Humble, Texas, 77338, USA. Author Ochoa, Ron Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, USA. & Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (Di. S. S. P. A.), University of Bari Aldo Moro, via Amendola, 165 / a, Bari, 70126, Italy. text Acarologia 2021 2021-12-12 61 4 978 995 journal article 2107-7207 Cenopalpus pterinus species group, Hatzinikolis et al. (1999) Adult female Six dorsolateral setae on opisthosoma ( c3 , d3 , e3 , f3 , h2 , h1 ). Palps four segmented. Setal formula: 0-1-2-2: palp trochanter without setae, palp femur with 1 dorsal seta, palp genu-tibia from Italy . Figure 1 Cenopalpus officinalis Papaioannou-Souliotis, 1986 on Rosmarinus officinalis L.: a – eggs (indicated with arrows) and adults on lower leaf surface; b – adult on trichomes. Samples collected with 2 setae and palp tarsus with 2 sensory setae. Leg setal formula (coxae to tarsi): I 2-1- 4-3-5-8(1ω), II 2-1-4-3-5-8(1ω), III 1-2-2-1-3-5, IV 1-1-1-0-3-5. Leg chaetotaxy as follows: coxae I-II each with two setae ( 1b, 1c and 2b , 2c respectively); coxae III-IV each with one seta ( 3b and 4b ). Trochanters I-II-IV each with one seta ( v′ ); trochanter III with two setae ( l′ , v′ ). Femora I-II with four setae ( d , l′ , v′ , bv″ ); femur III with two setae ( d, ev′ ); femur IV with one seta ( ev′ ). Genua I-II with three setae ( d, l′, l″ ); genu III with one seta ( l′ ); genu IV without setae. Tibia I-II with five setae ( d , v′ , v″ , l′ , l″ ); tibia III-IV with three setae ( d , v′ , v″ ). Tarsi I-II with eight setae and each with one long and tapering solenidion; tarsi III-IV with five setae ft′ , ( tc′ , tc″ , u′ , u″ ). Ventral plate with two setae ( ag-ag ); genital plate with 2 pairs of setae ( g1 and g2 ); anal plate with 2 pairs of setae ( ps1 and ps2 ).