AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-05-02DOI: 10.24349/ah6q-r1rk
Lucía Montes-Ortiz, Sergio Cohuo, M. Elías-Gutiérrez
{"title":"Checklist of Water mites in Mexico. Historical background and DNA barcoding perspectives","authors":"Lucía Montes-Ortiz, Sergio Cohuo, M. Elías-Gutiérrez","doi":"10.24349/ah6q-r1rk","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/ah6q-r1rk","url":null,"abstract":"Water mites are the most ubiquitous, abundant, diverse, and ecologically important group of arachnids in all freshwater environments. In Mexico, despite being a megadiverse country, only 271 species have been recorded so far since 1873. This is probably due to the scarcity of taxonomists in the country or the inherent complex morphology of this group, which challenges its systematics and its integration into other research studies. Molecular identification has been highly useful for practical applications of these organisms, while taxonomic identification work continues. Until now, a species checklist and reference information about water mites diversity and distribution in Mexico is lacking. In this work, we compiled species described or recorded in Mexico and provided preliminary data for a COI barcode library of the water mites in the country. This checklist includes 271 species from 25 families and 61 genera. In addition, the COI barcode library is supplied in a public dataset from the BOLD database (boldsystems.org); it contains 794 sequences corresponding to 103 BINs or putative species, of which only five of them have been identified to the species. We predict that the discovery of hidden diversity of mites will continue and improve after the use of integrative taxonomy tools. Also, their value as indicators of water quality will be re-evaluated, helping in the conservation of freshwater environments and the evaluation of the global warming impact.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141022928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-04-23DOI: 10.24349/orqe-mqh
Lan Jia, Hai-tao Li, Jian-jun Guo
{"title":"Two species representing a rare genus Sinaxonopsis (Acari, Hydrachnidiae, Aturidae) from China, with discussion of some taxonomic features","authors":"Lan Jia, Hai-tao Li, Jian-jun Guo","doi":"10.24349/orqe-mqh","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/orqe-mqh","url":null,"abstract":"Sinaxonopsis Yi and Jin, 2012 was erected based on S. unicucrus from China. In this paper, one more species new to science, Sinaxonopsis hainanensis sp. nov. is described from China. Sinaxonopsis unicucrus Yi and Jin, 2012, is redescribed with more details, including information on the glandularia and patches of the large posterior dorsal plate, among others. Using scanning electron microscope (SEM) images, this work has clarified that the dorsoglandularia D4 do indeed have glands, and that the phenomenon of missing glands is absent on the dorsal plate of Sinaxonopsis, which occurs in some genera of Aturidae. Sixteen pairs of glandularia and two pairs of ocularia of Sinaxonopsis are consistent with the common patterns in water mites.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140669246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-04-19DOI: 10.24349/85g3-w1c8
S. Ermilov, L. Rybalov, D. Sharapov
{"title":"Ontogenetic instars of Ethiovertex africanus (Evans, 1953) (Acari, Oribatida, Scutoverticidae)","authors":"S. Ermilov, L. Rybalov, D. Sharapov","doi":"10.24349/85g3-w1c8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/85g3-w1c8","url":null,"abstract":"The oribatid mite species Ethiovertex africanus has been recorded for the first time in Ethiopia. A supplementary description of the adult is provided. A description of all juvenile instars is presented; it is the first record of juveniles within Ethiovertex. The larval and nymphal instars are characterized by gastronotum and epimeral and anogenital regions folded; short and spiniform lamellar, interlamellar, exobothridial, gastronotic, epimeral, and anogenital setae (some gastronotic and epimeral setae modified, cylindrical, with needleform apex); short bothridial seta having a globose head; and the absence of setae it’ and it” on leg tarsi I–III in tritonymph.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140683315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-04-19DOI: 10.24349/ncjl-r16p
H. Smit, V. Pešić
{"title":"New records of notoaturine water mites from New Zealand, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Notoaturinae)","authors":"H. Smit, V. Pešić","doi":"10.24349/ncjl-r16p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/ncjl-r16p","url":null,"abstract":"New records of notoaturine water mites (Aturidae: Notoaturinae) from New Zealand are presented. Five new species are described: Evidaturus longiscutatus n. sp., Kritaturus (Kritaturus) longipalpis n. sp., Planaturus simpsonensis n. sp., Tryssaturus longwood n. sp. and Zelandalbia thibaulti n. sp. The males are described for the first time for Planaturus pileatus Smit, 2017 and Zelandalbia cf. hopkinsi Imamura, 1978 and the females are described for the first time for Kritaturus (Kritaturus) sornus Cook, 1983, Paratryssaturus zodelus Cook, 1983 and Taintaturus accidens Cook, 1983.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140685241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-04-19DOI: 10.24349/0j5b-083x
P. Klimov, V. Kolesnikov, A. Khaustov, B. OConnor
{"title":"A new mite species Fagacarus absalom sp. n. (Astigmata: Acaridae) from the Eastern Palearctic, with 18 rRNA molecular barcodes","authors":"P. Klimov, V. Kolesnikov, A. Khaustov, B. OConnor","doi":"10.24349/0j5b-083x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/0j5b-083x","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Fagacarus (Acari: Acaridae) characterized by long pectinate dorsal setae and heavily sclerotized and ornamented idiosoma is unmistakably recognizable in the subfamily Rhizoglyphinae. Mites of this genus live inside fallen tree trunks and have been only occasionally collected. However, it is increasingly likely that these mites are more widespread than previously believed. The single described species, Fagacarus verrucosus, is known from the USA (Indiana and Michigan); two undescribed species were reported from North America (Colorado) and the Western and Eastern Palearctic. The deutonymphal stage of Fagacarus is known, but it has never fully described. The paper presents description of a new species, Fagacarus absalom sp. n., based on adults and deutonymphs found in the Russian Far East. The new species differs from F. verrucosus by the length of seta d IV (female) and solenidia (σ II) of legs, the shape of posterior apodemes II in adults and pseudanal setae ps1-2 and the dorsal crista of tarsus IV in males. The uncorrected 18S rDNA genetic distance between F. absalom sp. n. and F. verrucosus is 1.52%, which is sufficient to delimit the two species based on this slowly evolving nuclear gene.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140683445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-04-16DOI: 10.24349/pv5i-1hqj
Sergio López-Olmos, F. Ferragut
{"title":"Within-tree distribution and seasonal dynamics of Eutetranychus banksi and Euseius stipulatus (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae) on citrus: Implications for the biological control of the pest","authors":"Sergio López-Olmos, F. Ferragut","doi":"10.24349/pv5i-1hqj","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/pv5i-1hqj","url":null,"abstract":"The Texas citrus mite, Eutetranychus banksi (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae), is a citrus pest widely distributed throughout the Americas and recently introduced in Spain. In this study we studied the within-tree distribution of E. banksi and the predatory phytoseiid mites, identify the phytoseiid species associated with the pest, and describe the seasonal trends to analyse the predator’s behaviour in response to the increase in pest density, allowing evaluation of biological control possibilities. The Texas citrus mite was mainly found on the adaxial (upper) side of leaves from the current year's shoots located at the periphery of the tree canopy, whereas phytoseiids prefer the abaxial (lower) side of leaves inside the tree canopy. The spider mite preferred to feed on leaves rather than fruits, whereas phytoseiids use both substrates equally. Eutetranychus banksi showed a single population peak in late summer-early autumn, while phytoseiids showed two peaks, a main spring peak and a second less abundant in autumn. The seasonal dynamics of E. banksi and phytoseiids on fruits occurred in parallel to those recorded on leaves. Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot) was the most frequent and abundant phytoseiid species, apparently displacing other predatory mites. In autumn, when E. banksi reached high densities, phytoseiids moved from the leaf abaxial sides inside the tree canopy to the adaxial sides on the periphery and to the fruits, to feed on E. banksi. In addition, a change in phytoseiid colouration from white to reddish-brown was observed. Both, the number of red phytoseiids and their leaf occupation increased significantly in response to the prey population growth, which was indirect evidence of their contribution to the biological pest control. However, the low predator:prey ratios observed cannot avoid the pest population growth.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140698492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-03-30DOI: 10.24349/kvkq-s29q
Jong Hak Shin, Jimin Lee, C. Chang
{"title":"A new species of Agauopsis (Acari, Halacaridae) from South Korea belonging to A. brevipalpus group","authors":"Jong Hak Shin, Jimin Lee, C. Chang","doi":"10.24349/kvkq-s29q","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/kvkq-s29q","url":null,"abstract":"A new marine halacarid mite of the genus Agauopsis Viets, 1927 is recorded from mussels in the intertidal bedrock of the southern coast of South Korea. Agauopsis bisetosa n. sp. belonging to the A. brevipalpus group, is characterized by an ‘H’-shaped areola on the anterior dorsal plate, two pairs of costae on the posterior dorsal plate, a tectum with a truncate anterior margin, posterior epimeral plate with two ventral setae, telofemur I with one ventral and two ventromedial dentate spines, and tibia II with one ventral and one ventromedial dentate spines. Notably, the presence of two ventral setae on the posterior epimeral plate is a unique characteristic of the new species. This study deals with a description of A. bisetosa n. sp., accompanied by detailed illustrations drawn under a differential interference contrast microscope and scanning electron microscope photomicrographs. Additionally, it includes a character comparison table of the A. brevipalpus group and a key for known Agauopsis species in the northwest Pacific, both including the new species.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140363397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-03-30DOI: 10.24349/3dju-a1w1
Zhu-Hui Ding, Tianci Yi, Jian-jun Guo, Dao-chao Jin
{"title":"New records of the subgenus Soarella Koenike, 1907 from China (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Unionicolidae, Neumania), with the description of five new species","authors":"Zhu-Hui Ding, Tianci Yi, Jian-jun Guo, Dao-chao Jin","doi":"10.24349/3dju-a1w1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/3dju-a1w1","url":null,"abstract":"Five new species of the subgenus Soarella are described from P. R. China, i.e. Neumania endophora sp. nov., Neumania paranodophora sp. nov., Neumania curosa sp. nov., Neumania parahirsuta sp. nov. and Neumania acanthophora sp. nov. Detailed structures are illustrated through observation with an optical microscope, and new identifying features of Soarella are discussed.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140364108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-03-30DOI: 10.24349/tyki-9xlp
E. Ueckermann, R. D. De Vis, Eva Reybroeck, Lore Vervaet, Wendy Van Lommel, Justine Dewitte, Dieter Foqué, Sandipa G Gautam, Yuling Ouyangh, D. Vangansbeke, Patrick De Clercq, Thomas Van Leeuwen
{"title":"Redescription of Pronematus ubiquitus (McGregor, 1932) (Acari, Iolinidae), description of two new species and redescription of two additional species with a review of and key to all Pronematus species","authors":"E. Ueckermann, R. D. De Vis, Eva Reybroeck, Lore Vervaet, Wendy Van Lommel, Justine Dewitte, Dieter Foqué, Sandipa G Gautam, Yuling Ouyangh, D. Vangansbeke, Patrick De Clercq, Thomas Van Leeuwen","doi":"10.24349/tyki-9xlp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/tyki-9xlp","url":null,"abstract":"Pronematus ubiquitus (McGregor) is redescribed based on specimens collected at the type locality. Additionally, in a survey for natural enemies of Aculops lycopersici (Tryon), P. ubiquitus was found in most European countries where samples were gathered as well as in Morocco. Together with specimens available from museum collections and originating from Brazil, South Africa and Türkiye, the newly collected specimens were measured and morphologically compared with those from the type locality. Additionally, single female expansion lines were set-up with specimens from California (USA), Belgium, France, Italy, The Netherlands and Morocco, and molecular analysis were performed in order to construct a phylogenetic tree. The tree showed differences between origins, but this was assigned to intraspecific variation. A PCA analysis on morphological characters separated the Brazilian specimens from those of all other geographical origins. The Californian (USA) specimens grouped together, as did the Moroccan and all European specimens, but with overlap between the groups. The Brazilian specimens were described as a new species, P. brasiliensis n. sp. All other specimens were considered as P. ubiquitus. Furthermore, we searched for types of early described Pronematus species and studied P. rykei, P. karrooi and P. tenuisetosus types; the first two species were confirmed morphologically as a distinct Pronematus species while the latter belongs to the genus Pseudopronematulus. The morphological characteristics of specimens that were used for a recent redescription of P. rykei did not coincide with our redescription of the type. We transferred those specimens to the new species, P. juglandi sp. nov.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140363118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AcarologiaPub Date : 2024-03-30DOI: 10.24349/z9on-5s85
J.H. Mirza, M. Kamran, F. J. Alatawi
{"title":"First record of the mite family Teneriffiidae (Prostigmata: Anystoidea) from Saudi Arabia with the description of a new species","authors":"J.H. Mirza, M. Kamran, F. J. Alatawi","doi":"10.24349/z9on-5s85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24349/z9on-5s85","url":null,"abstract":"The family Teneriffiidae Thor is reported for the first time from Saudi Arabia, with the description of a new species of the genus Parateneriffia Thor, P. abhaensis n. sp. The specimens of new species were found in soil litter and leaf debris collected from Southwestern Region (Abha) of Saudi Arabia.","PeriodicalId":48866,"journal":{"name":"Acarologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140362757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}