A new species of Rhynchohydracarus Lundblad 1936 (Acariformes: Hydrachnidiae: Hydryphantoidea: Rhynchohydracaridae) from central Brazil, with DNA barcodes, a key for known species and a proposal for the homologies of dorsalia, ventralia, lateralia and glandularia for the family

2022/02/03 by Luiz Alexandre Simões de Castro, H. C. Proctor, Antônio C. Lofego · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Bird parasitology and diseases #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Study of Mite Species

paper · doi:10.24349/0lg5-xg0l

openalex publication_date 2022/02/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Rhynchohydracarus, R. armiger n. sp., from central Brazil, including complete information for female and male, accompanied by DNA barcode sequences. It is the first record of water mites for the running waters of the Cerrado biome. We present a proposal for the homologies of dorsalia, ventralia, and glandularia in Rhynchohydracaridae and also provide an identification key for the known species of the genus.

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