2025/01/27 by Alexander A. Khaustov, Maria A. Minor · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Study of Mite Species #Rangeland and Wildlife Management #Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
paper · doi:10.24349/5ues-p6s3
openalex publication_date 2025/01/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Female, male and deutonymph of Acaricis brevicaudus sp. nov., female and deutonymph of Dolichotetranychus tuberculatus sp. nov., and female of Pentamerismus corniger sp. nov. are described and illustrated from alpine cushion fields in New Zealand. Both A. brevicaudus sp. nov. and D. tuberculatus sp. nov. are associated with the cushion-forming ultra-dwarf shrub Dracophyllum muscoides Hook. f. (Ericaceae). The host plant for P. corniger sp. nov. is currently unknown. The diagnosis of Acaricis Beard and Gerson is modified. Additionally, Pentamerismus is recorded from New Zealand for the first time.