Tenuipalpus oliveirai, a new species (Acari, Prostigmata, Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil

Abstract

Tenuipalpus oliveirai, a new species of tenuipalpid mite from Brazil is described and illustrated.

First record of Tenuipalpus uvae De Leon, 1962 (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in Brazil

“…In the family Tenuipalpidae, the genus Tenuipalpus presents the highest number of known species (306) (Mesa et al 2009), of which only nine have been reported in Brazil (Flechtmann 1976;1994;Feres and Hernandes 2006;Mesa et al 2009). This report of T. uvae in Amapá (northern Brazil) and in Pernambuco (northeast) is the first for this species in Brazil, expanding the number of Tenuipalpus species reported to date in the country.…”