A new genus of flat mites (Acariformes: Tenuipalpidae), with the description of three new species from Brazil
A new genus, Ueckermannopalpus Castro, Seeman & Beard gen. nov., is proposed to include five species: three new species, Ueckermannopalpus mineirus Castro, Ochoa & Beard sp. nov., U. cerradoensis Castro, Ochoa & Beard sp. nov., and U. unguibus Tassi, Castro & Machado sp. nov. from Brazil; and two species moved from the genus Amblypalpus Mitrofanov & Strunkova, 1978, Ueckermannopalpus thymus (Farzan, Asadi & Ueckermann, 2013) comb. nov., and U. iraniensis (Farzan, Asadi & Ueckermann, 2013) comb. nov., both from Iran. Taking into account the removal of the two latter species, a new diagnosis is provided for the genus Amblypalpus, which now comprises three species: Amblypalpus narsikulovi Mitrofanov & Strunkova, 1978, A. masakii (Ehara & Ueckermann, 2003) and A. thomissus (Meyer, 1979).
Authors
- R. Ochoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1680-3601)
- Antônio C. Lofego (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-6858)
- Aline D. Tassi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8622-5977)
- Owen D. Seeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1063-0236)
- Jennifer J. Beard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-1011)
- Elizeu B. Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8056-6893)
- Vinicius B G Machado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7036-2175)
Institutions
- Queensland Museum (AU)
- Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (US)
- Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (US)
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-06-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.1.2
- Primary Topic
- Study of Mite Species
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00