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Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto


Fig. 1. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsum.

Fig. 1. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsum.
Fig. 2. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsum.

Fig. 2. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsum.
Fig. 3. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsum.

Fig. 3. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsum.
Fig. 4. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female prodorsum.

Fig. 4. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female prodorsum.
Fig. 5. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female anterior dorsal opisthosoma.

Fig. 5. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female anterior dorsal opisthosoma.
Fig. 6. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female anterior dorsal opisthosoma.

Fig. 6. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female anterior dorsal opisthosoma.
Fig. 7. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female central dorsal opisthosoma.

Fig. 7. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female central dorsal opisthosoma.
Fig. 8. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female posterior dorsum.

Fig. 8. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female posterior dorsum.
Fig. 9. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female posterior venter (Image taken by G. Bauchan, USDA-ECMU).

Fig. 9. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female posterior venter (Image taken by G. Bauchan, USDA-ECMU).
Fig. 10. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsal seta on palp femurogenu (indicated by arrow).

Fig. 10. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsal seta on palp femurogenu (indicated by arrow).
Fig. 11. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsal seta on palp femurogenu (indicated by arrow).

Fig. 11. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female dorsal seta on palp femurogenu (indicated by arrow).
Fig. 12. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female venter, between coxae III-IV.

Fig. 12. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female venter, between coxae III-IV.
Fig. 13. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female venter, between coxae III-IV.

Fig. 13. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female venter, between coxae III-IV.
Fig. 14. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female posterior venter.

Fig. 14. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female posterior venter.
Fig. 15. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female posterior venter.

Fig. 15. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female posterior venter.
Fig. 16. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female spermatheca (arrow indicates the distal membranous bulb).

Fig. 16. Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu stricto, female spermatheca (arrow indicates the distal membranous bulb).

Authority

(Geijskes)

Species group characters

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".

Distribution based on confirmed specimens

Brazil, Costa Rica, The Netherlands, South Africa, USA

Species characters

Adult female habitus

Figures 1, 2, 3

Prodorsum

Central (Fig. 4): cuticle with strong, broad areolae

Sublateral (Fig. 4): posterior region with reticulation forming broad rounded cells; with a distinct cluster of small rounded cells medially; anterior region mostly smooth

Opisthosoma

c1-c1 to d1-d1: cuticle strongly wrinkled (Figs. 5, 6); can appear weakly areolate (Fig. 6)

d1-d1 to e1-e1: cuticle wrinkled with a few strong transverse folds (Figs. 5, 6)

e1-e1 to h1-h1: cuticle with a series of transverse folds, becoming weakly reticulate towards h1-h1 (Figs. 7, 8)

Sublateral: cuticle reticulate with large, uniform, distinctly rounded cells (Figs. 7, 8)

Dorsal microplates

Separate individual, rounded to irregularly rounded plates, with irregular multidirectional ridges on dorsal surface; no series of parallel ridges present (Fig. 9)

Palp

palp femurogenu with barbed, broad flat dorsal seta (Figs. 10, 11)

Venter

Setae 4a-ventral plate (Figs. 12, 13): lateral cuticle verrucose, with separately formed rounded "warts"; central cuticle with raised transverse bands (formed by fused "warts"); transverse bands becoming weaker towards 4a-4a and disappear; central cuticle without separately formed "warts"

Ventral plate (Figs. 14, 15): cuticle weakly verrucose; "warts" are fused to form transverse bands; no separately formed "warts" centrally; often with some separately formed "warts" laterally (Fig. 15)

Genital plate (Figs. 14, 15): uniformly verrucose to verrucose-reticulate, with large cells formed by fused or conglomerate "warts"

Spermatheca

A moderately thick convoluted duct terminates distally in a membranous bulb (Fig. 16)

Hosts based on confirmed specimens

Bixa orellana (Bixaceae); Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae); Citrus latifolia, Citrus sp. (Rutaceae); Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae); Datura stramonium (Solanaceae); Phoenix canariensis (Arecaceae)

Remarks

Previously listed as Brevipalpus phoenicis species group sp. A.

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)



  • Authors: J.J. Beard, R. Ochoa, G.R. Bauchan, M.D. Trice, A.J. Redford, T.W. Walters, C. Mitter
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