New species of Binodacarus and Rhodacarus mites (Mesostigmata: Rhodacaridae) from Brazilian Cerrado biome, and a key to the world species of the genera
Author
Braga, Alice Freitas
Author
Castilho, Raphael De Campos
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-08-22
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.3
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10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.3
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Key to world species of
Binodacarus
based on adult females
1. Podonotal shield with two scleronoduli between setae
j
5 and
j
6; setae
s
3 and
S
4 on unsclerotised cuticle laterad podonotal shield; seta
Jv
1 on unsclerotised cuticle anteriad ventrianal shield; metapodal platelets subdivided into a small anterior fragment and a larger posterior fragment............................................
B
.
brasiliensis
Castilho & Moraes, 2010
- Podonotal shield with four scleronoduli between setae
j
5 and
j
6; setae
s
3 and
S
4 on podonotal shield; seta
Jv
1 on ventrianal shield; metapodal platelets ellipsoidal or elongate, not subdivided............................................... 2
2. Fixed cheliceral digit with four teeth in addition to the apical tooth; seta
s
5 anteriad
s
6; setae
Zv
1 and
Zv
3 on unsclerotised cuticle around ventrianal shield; metapodal platelets ellipsoidal and short (≅ 15 μm); anterolateral seta of trochanter II brush-like.....................................................
B
.
aceguensis
Duarte, Castilho, Cunha & Moraes, 2016
- Fixed cheliceral digit with five teeth in addition to the apical tooth; seta
s
5 about in transverse line with
s
6; setae
Zv
1 and
Zv
3 on ventrianal shield; metapodal platelet elongate and long (≅ 40 μm); setae of trochanter II similar to each other, aciculate...................................................................................
B. tocantinensis
sp. nov.