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.
Evans
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".
Honduras
Adult female habitus
Figure 1
Central (Fig. 2): cuticle with weak areolae
Sublateral (Fig. 2): posterior region with reticulation of large cells; anterior region with large cells to setae v2, and large smooth region anterolaterally
c1-c1 to d1-d1: cuticle smooth or with weak wrinkles (Fig. 3)
d1-d1 to e1-e1: cuticle with short transverse folds (Fig. 3)
e1-e1 to h1-h1: cuticle with a few weak chevrons (V-shaped folds), becoming smooth towards h1-h1 (Fig. 4)
Sublateral: cuticle reticulate with large, uniform, broad cells (Figs. 3, 4)
palp femurogenu with barbed, broad flat dorsal seta (Fig. 5)
Venter
Setae 4a-ventral plate (Fig. 6): cuticle with reticulation of large irregular cells, slightly weaker centrally
Ventral plate (Fig. 7): cuticle with irregularly shaped cells or "warts"; central cells more elongate than lateral cells
Genital plate (Fig. 7): with large cells
A moderately thick duct is visible, but no vesicle is visible
Chamaedorea sp. (Arecaceae); Hydrocotyle mexicana (Apiaceae); Passiflora bicolor (Passifloraceae); *pearl flower Heterocentron subtriplinervium (Melastomataceae)
* = holotype
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)
Evans, G., Cromroy, H.L. & Ochoa, R. (1993) The Tenuipalpidae of Honduras (Tenuipalpidae: Acari). Florida Entomologist, 76(1), 126-155.