Identify all 38 known genera of flat mites from around the world.
Identify commonly intercepted species of Brevipalpus.
Identify all known and some new species of Raoiella.
Identify the three most commonly intercepted species of Cenopalpus.
Previously listed as Brevipalpus phoenicis species group sp. E.
Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R., Braswell, W.E. & Bauchan, G.R. (2015) Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) species complex (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) — a closer look. Zootaxa, 3944(1), 1-67. (open access: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2015/3944%281%29.html)
Brevipalpus phoenicis species group
Dorsal opisthosomal setae f2 absent; tarsi II with 2 solenidia (one adaxial, one abaxial). Palps four segmented, setal formula 0-1-2-3(1s+2e) (s = solenidion, e = eupathidium).
Setal formula for legs I-IV (coxae to tarsi): 2-2-1-1, 1-1-2-1, 4-4-2-1, 3-3-1-1, 5-5-3-3, 9(1)-10(1)-5-5. Leg chaetotaxy: feI-II d, l', v', bv", fe III d, ev', fe IV ev'; ge I-II d, l', l", ge III-IV l'; ti I-II d, l', l", v', v", ti III-IV d, v', v".
Brazil
Adult female habitus
Figures 1, 2
Central (Fig. 3): cuticle with strong, broad areolae
Sublateral (Fig. 3): posterior region with reticulation forming broad rounded cells; anterior region mostly smooth
c1-c1 to d1-d1: cuticle smooth to wrinkled (Fig. 4)
d1-d1 to e1-e1: cuticle with irregular folds (Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7)
e1-e1 to h1-h1: cuticle with a short series of transverse folds, becoming longitudinal folds towards h1-h1 (Figs. 4, 5, 6, 8)
Sublateral: cuticle reticulate with large, uniform, distinctly rounded cells (Fig. 7); may be somewhat elongate towards h1
Dorsal microplates
Separate individual, rounded to irregularly rounded plates, with multiple short irregular ridges on dorsal surface aligned in apparently random directions; no series of parallel ridges present (Fig. 9)
palp femurogenu with barbed, broad flat dorsal seta (Fig. 10)
Venter
Setae 4a-ventral plate (Figs. 11, 12, 13): cuticle verrucose, with separately formed rounded "warts"; central cuticle with transverse bands (formed by fused "warts") (Fig. 11); bands maybe weakly developed (Fig. 12) or broken into elongate "warts" (formed by fused "warts") (Fig. 13); central cuticle without separately formed "warts"
Ventral plate (Figs. 14, 15, 16, 17): cuticle weakly verrucose, with little or no separately formed "warts"; "warts" are fused to form transverse bands
Genital plate (Figs. 14, 15, 16, 17): uniformly verrucose or verrucose-reticulate, with large transversely elongate cells formed by fused or conglomerate "warts"
A long narrow convoluted duct terminates distally in a small rounded vesicle with a weakly formed crown of short projections (Fig. 18)
Croton floribundus (Euphorbiaceae)
Previously listed as Brevipalpus phoenicis species group sp. E.
Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R., Braswell, W.E. & Bauchan, G.R. (2015) Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) species complex (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) — a closer look. Zootaxa, 3944(1), 1-67. (open access: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2015/3944%281%29.html)