Description and observations on morphology and biology of Imparipes clementis sp. nov., a new termite associated scutacarid mite species (Acari, Heterostigmatina: Scutacaridae; Insecta, Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Julia Baumann; Francisco Ferragut

doi:10.11158/saa.24.2.12

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28 February 2019 Description and observations on morphology and biology of Imparipes clementis sp. nov., a new termite associated scutacarid mite species (Acari, Heterostigmatina: Scutacaridae; Insecta, Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Julia Baumann, Francisco Ferragut

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24(2):303-323 (2019). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.2.12

Abstract

A new species of Scutacaridae (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Reticulitermes banyulensis Clément, 1978 termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) is described from Spain. By rearing the mites in laboratory cultures, all life stages (larva, female and male) of Imparipes clementis Baumann sp. nov. were available for descriptions, and information on the mites' biology could be provided. As the new species strongly resembles I. adleri Delfinado & Baker, 1976, a multivariate morphometric analysis was performed to further support its species status.

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Julia Baumann and Francisco Ferragut "Description and observations on morphology and biology of Imparipes clementis sp. nov., a new termite associated scutacarid mite species (Acari, Heterostigmatina: Scutacaridae; Insecta, Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 24(2), 303-323, (28 February 2019). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.2.12

Received: 23 November 2018; Accepted: 20 January 2019; Published: 28 February 2019

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