Description of a new species of<i>Neolimnochares</i>(Acari: Eylaoidea: Limnocharidae) from eastern North America

Smith, Ian M.; Cook, David

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“…Moreover, the fusion of palp segments occurs frequently within water mites in general. The phylogenetic value of this character and the monophyly of the genus Neolimnochares have therefore been questioned (Cook 1974, Smith andCook 2005b).…”

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“…Larval specimens in this study were collected in southern Ontario; Smith and Cook (2005b) recorded adults in northeastern North America from Wisconsin through Nova Scotia.…”

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“…Although considerable differences in the sclerotization of the idiosomal dorsum and the development of swimming setae have been reported Cook 2005a andreferences therein, Tuzovskij andGerecke 2009), relationships within the genus have not yet been analyzed. Smith and Cook (2005b) noted that the study of larval morphology could improve our understanding of the relationships within this group. However, because most of the larvae described here have not been correlated with postlarval instars, it is not yet possible to resolve these problems.…”

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New taxa of the water mite family Limnocharidae (Actinotrichida: Eylaoidea) parasitising tropical water bugs of the genusRhagoveliaMayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Veliidae) reveal unsuspected diversity of larval morphologies

Gerecke

Wohltmann²,

Smith

et al. 2020

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The larval stage of Neolimnochares johnstoni Smith and Cook, 2005 is first described in detail, the larva of a similar undescribed species, Neolimnochares sp. B, see Table 1, is recorded from Peru. Larvae attributed to Limnochares (Cyclothrix) australica Lundblad, 1941a by Martin and Smit (2002) are considered to belong to Neolimnochares Lundblad, 1941c. Neolimnocharinae subfam. n. is proposed and discussed. For larvae assigned to this subfamily, parasitic on veliid water bugs (Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865) and with extraordinary morphological modifications, new taxa are proposed: Veliacola gen. n., (V. mirificus sp. n., Madagascar); Archaeveliacola gen. n. (A. papuanus sp. n., Indonesia, A. smiti sp. n., Australia); Armaveliacola gen. n. (A. rhagoveliae sp. n., Madagascar, A. major sp. n., Madagascar, A. minor sp. n., Cameroon, Kenya); Isoveliacola gen. n. (I. costaricensis sp. n., Costa Rica, I. borneoensis sp. n., Indonesia). Additional records are: Veliacola sp. (Dominican Republic), Archaeveliacola sp. (Bolivia), and Isoveliacola sp. (Belize). Neolimnochares (Paracyclothrix) Lundblad, 1967 is synonymised with Limnochares (Cyclothrix) Wolcott, 1905, resulting in Limnochares (Cyclothrix) hyaliniseta (Lundblad, 1969) comb. n., and L. (C.) longimaxillaris (Lundblad, 1969) comb. n. (both Myanmar). Running Title: Water mite larvae parasitising Rhagovelia KEYWORDS water mites; Neolimnocharinae subfam. nov.; taxonomy; parasitism; Veliidae History (NHMW), the Bavarian State Collection, Munich (ZSM), the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) and MNHN. The present paper aims to clarify the taxonomic position of the water mite larvae parasitising Veliidae. Laboratory rearing of parasitic larvae to deutonymphs identified as Neolimnochares johnstoni Smith and Cook, 2005 permitted the first correlation for a member of this genus. Comparison with the other larvae described here in turn allowed their plausible attribution to the family Limnocharidae. Material and methods Museum collections and field work Museum collectionsWater bugs were examined for larvae in the following institutions, and the following abbreviations are used: Canadian National Collection, Ontario (CNCO): Specimens sampled in Ontario, Canada, by B.P. Smith. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN): The slide in the Trouessart collection containing the mite larvae, collected by Alluaud and examined by Koenike (1898), was rediscovered during a PARSYST project on the water mite fauna of Madagascar (Gerecke 2004). During the course of further investigations in 2011, in the framework of the EU-SYNTHESYS project, these specimens were studied in more detail and the collection of African aquatic Heteroptera in the Entomological Department of the MNHN (curator E.Guilbert) was surveyed for additional material. A total number of 46 boxes with dry material (eight of them reserved for aquatic families) and four jars with ethanol-preserved specimens from coll. Millot (1946Millot ( -1948 were screened for further specimens parasitised by mite larvae.The dry mate...

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“…Larval specimens in this study were collected in southern Ontario; Smith and Cook (2005b) recorded adults in northeastern North America from Wisconsin through Nova Scotia.…”

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New taxa of the water mite family Limnocharidae (Actinotrichida: Eylaoidea) parasitising tropical water bugs of the genusRhagoveliaMayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Veliidae) reveal unsuspected diversity of larval morphologies

Gerecke

Wohltmann²,

Smith

et al. 2020

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Acari of Canada

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Nowell

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Summaries of taxonomic knowledge are provided for all acarine groups in Canada, accompanied by references to relevant publications, changes in classification at the family level since 1979, and notes on biology relevant to estimating their diversity. Nearly 3000 described species from 269 families are recorded in the country, representing a 56% increase from the 1917 species reported by Lindquist et al. (1979). An additional 42 families are known from Canada only from material identified to family- or genus-level. Of the total 311 families known in Canada, 69 are newly recorded since 1979, excluding apparent new records due solely to classification changes. This substantial progress is most evident in Oribatida and Hydrachnidia, for which many regional checklists and family-level revisions have been published. Except for recent taxonomic leaps in a few other groups, particularly of symbiotic mites (Astigmata: feather mites; Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae), knowledge remains limited for most other taxa, for which most species records are unpublished and may require verification. Taxonomic revisions are greatly needed for a large majority of families in Canada. Based in part on species recorded in adjacent areas of the USA and on hosts known to be present here, we conservatively estimate that nearly 10,000 species of mites occur in Canada, but the actual number could be 15,000 or more. This means that at least 70% of Canada’s mite fauna is yet unrecorded. Much work also remains to match existing molecular data with species names, as less than 10% of the ~7500 Barcode Index Numbers for Canadian mites in the Barcode of Life Database are associated with named species. Understudied hosts and terrestrial and aquatic habitats require investigation across Canada to uncover new species and to clarify geographic and ecological distributions of known species.

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Description of a new species ofNeolimnochares(Acari: Eylaoidea: Limnocharidae) from eastern North America

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New taxa of the water mite family Limnocharidae (Actinotrichida: Eylaoidea) parasitising tropical water bugs of the genusRhagoveliaMayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Veliidae) reveal unsuspected diversity of larval morphologies

New taxa of the water mite family Limnocharidae (Actinotrichida: Eylaoidea) parasitising tropical water bugs of the genusRhagoveliaMayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Veliidae) reveal unsuspected diversity of larval morphologies

Acari of Canada

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