Mites (Acari) associated with bamboo (Bambusa sp., Poaceae) in a woody area from northwestern São Paulo State, Brazil

Feres, Reinaldo J.F.; Flechtmann, Carlos H.W.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751995000300008

Abstract

This paper reports twelve acarine species belonging to eleven genera in five families, associated with Bambusa sp. (Poaceae), in a woody area from São Paulo State, Brazil. Four species of Tetranychidae (Monoceronychus bambusicola, sp.n.. Oligonychus santoantoniensis, sp.n.. Schizotetranychus longirostris, sp.n. and S. paraelymus, sp.n.) are regarded as new. The genus Cheletomimus Oudemans, 1904 (Cheyletidae) is recorded for the first time to South America.

Acari; mites; bamboo; taxonomy

Mites (Acari) associated with bamboo (Bambusa sp., Poaceae) in a woody area from northwestern São Paulo State, Brazil

Reinaldo J.F. Feres^I; Carlos H.W. Flechtmann^II

^IDepartamento de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Caixa Postal 136. 15054-000 São José do Rio Preto. São Paulo, Brasil

^IIDepartamento de Zoologia, Escola Superior de Agronomia Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 9, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil, Bolsista CNPq

ABSTRACT

This paper reports twelve acarine species belonging to eleven genera in five families, associated with Bambusa sp. (Poaceae), in a woody area from São Paulo State, Brazil. Four species of Tetranychidae (Monoceronychus bambusicola, sp.n.. Oligonychus santoantoniensis, sp.n.. Schizotetranychus longirostris, sp.n. and S. paraelymus, sp.n.) are regarded as new. The genus Cheletomimus Oudemans, 1904 (Cheyletidae) is recorded for the first time to South America.

Key words: Acari, mites, bamboo, taxonomy

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Acknowledgments. To Dr. Gilberto J. do Morais (CNPMA-EMBRAPA, Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brasil) for his help dealing with phytoseiid mites identification.

Recebido em 21.III.1995; aceito em 21.IX.1995.

Aranda C, B.R. & C.H.W. Flechtmann. 1969. Ácaros do gênero Lorryia no Brasil e Paraguay. Res. II Reun. An. Soc. Brasil. Entomol., Recife: 41-42.
Baker, E.W. 1949. A review of the mites of the family Cheyletidae in United States National Museum. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 99 (3238): 267-320.
______. 1968. The genus Lorryia. Ann. Entomol. Sot. Amer. 61 (4):986-1008.
Chant, D.A. 1965. Generic concepts in the family Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Canad. Ent. 97: 351-374.
Chant, D.A. & E. Yoshida- Shaul. 1986. A new subfamily, Cydnodromellinae, in the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Gamasina). Canad. Jour. Zool. 64: 2811-2823.
Chant. D.A.; R.S.C. Hansell; H.J. Rowell & E. Yoshida-Shaul. 1978. A study of the family Phytoseidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) using the methods of numerical taxonomy. Canad. J. Zool. 56: 1330-1347.
Cooreman, J. 1958. Notes et observations sur les Acariens. VII- Photia graeca n.sp. (Acaridiae, Canestriniidae) et Lorryia formosa n.sp. (Stomatostigmata, Tydeidae). Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique 34 (8): 1-10.
Denmark, H.A. & M.H. Muma. 1970. Some phytoseiid mites of Paraguay (Phytoseiidae: Acarina). Florida. Ent. 53 (4): 219-227.
______. 1972. Some Phytoseiidae of Colombia (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Florida. Ent. 55 (1): 19-29.
______. 1973. Phytoseiidae mites of Brazil (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Rev. Brasil. Biol. 33: 235-276.
______. 1975. The Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) of Puerto Rico. J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 59: 279-304.
Flechtmann, C.H.W. 1971. Alguns trombidiformes do Brasil e do Paraguai (Acari). Livre Docência Thesis, not publicated, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, 63p.
______. 1973. Lorryia formosa Cooremann. 1958 - Um ácaro dos citros pouco conhecido no Brasil. Ciência e Cultura 25 (12): 1179-1181.
Grandjean, F. 1939. Les segments post-larvaires de l'hystérosoma chez les Oribates (Acariens). Bull. Soc. Zool. France 64: 273-284.
Jeppson. L.R.; H.H. Keifer & E.W. Baker. 1975. Mites injurious to economic plants. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, XXIV+641p.
Lindquist, E.E. 1985. Anatomy, Phylogeny and Systematics. 1.1.1. External Anatomy, p. 3-28. In: W. Helle & M.W. Sabelis (eds). Spiders mites, their Biology, Natural enemies and control. Amsterdam. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., vol. 1A.
McMurtry, J.A. 1983. Phytoseiid mites from Guatemala, with descriptions of two new species and redefinitions of the genera Euseius, Typhloseiopsis and the Thyphlodromus occidentalis species group (Acari: Mesostigmata). Internal. J. Ent. 25: 249-272.
Moraes, G.J. & J.A. McMurtry, 1983. Phytoseiid mites (Acarina) of northeastern Brazil with descriptions of four new species. Internal. J. Acarol. 9: 131-148.
Moraes, G.J.; J.A. McMurtry & M.D. Denmark. 1986. A Catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae: references to taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and habitat. Brasília, EMBRAPA-DDT. 353p.
Moraes, G.J. & N.C. Mesa. 1988. Mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari) in Colombia, with descriptions of the three new species. Internal. J. Acarol. 14 (2): 71-88.
Moraes, G.J.; N.C. Mesa & A. Braun. 1991. Some Phytoseiid mites of Latin America (Acari:Phytoseiidae). Intermit. J. Acarol. 17 (2): 117-137.
Muma, M.H. 1964. Cheyletidae (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with citrus in Florida. Florida Ent. 47 (4): 239-253.
Rodrigues, M. de C. 1968. Acarina de Moçambique. Agron. moçamb. 2 (4): 215-256.
Rowell, H.J.; D.A. Chant & R.I.C. Hansell. 1978. The determination of setal homologies and setal patterns on the dorsal shield in the family Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Can. Ent. 110: 859-876.
Saito, Y. 1983. The concept of "life types" in Tetranychinae. An attempt to classify the spinning behavior of Tetranychinae. Acarologia 24 (4): 377-391.
Summers, F.M. & D.W. Price. 1970. Revision of the family Cheyletidae. Univ. Calif. Publ. Ent. 61: 1-153.
Volgin, V.I. 1955. Acarina of rodents of the USSR fauna. Acad. Nauk. SSSR, Zool. Inst. Opredelitelipo Faune SSSR 59: 1-459.

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[1] Aranda C, B.R. & C.H.W. Flechtmann. 1969. Ácaros do gênero Lorryia no Brasil e Paraguay. Res. II Reun. An. Soc. Brasil. Entomol., Recife: 41-42.

[2] Baker, E.W. 1949. A review of the mites of the family Cheyletidae in United States National Museum. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 99 (3238): 267-320.

[3] ______. 1968. The genus Lorryia. Ann. Entomol. Sot. Amer. 61 (4):986-1008.

[4] Chant, D.A. 1965. Generic concepts in the family Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Canad. Ent. 97: 351-374.

[5] Chant, D.A. & E. Yoshida- Shaul. 1986. A new subfamily, Cydnodromellinae, in the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Gamasina). Canad. Jour. Zool. 64: 2811-2823.

[6] Chant. D.A.; R.S.C. Hansell; H.J. Rowell & E. Yoshida-Shaul. 1978. A study of the family Phytoseidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) using the methods of numerical taxonomy. Canad. J. Zool. 56: 1330-1347.

[7] Cooreman, J. 1958. Notes et observations sur les Acariens. VII- Photia graeca n.sp. (Acaridiae, Canestriniidae) et Lorryia formosa n.sp. (Stomatostigmata, Tydeidae). Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique 34 (8): 1-10.

[8] Denmark, H.A. & M.H. Muma. 1970. Some phytoseiid mites of Paraguay (Phytoseiidae: Acarina). Florida. Ent. 53 (4): 219-227.

[9] ______. 1972. Some Phytoseiidae of Colombia (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Florida. Ent. 55 (1): 19-29.

[10] ______. 1973. Phytoseiidae mites of Brazil (Acarina: Phytoseiidae). Rev. Brasil. Biol. 33: 235-276.

[11] ______. 1975. The Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) of Puerto Rico. J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 59: 279-304.

[12] Flechtmann, C.H.W. 1971. Alguns trombidiformes do Brasil e do Paraguai (Acari). Livre Docência Thesis, not publicated, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, 63p.

[13] ______. 1973. Lorryia formosa Cooremann. 1958 - Um ácaro dos citros pouco conhecido no Brasil. Ciência e Cultura 25 (12): 1179-1181.

[14] Grandjean, F. 1939. Les segments post-larvaires de l'hystérosoma chez les Oribates (Acariens). Bull. Soc. Zool. France 64: 273-284.

[15] Jeppson. L.R.; H.H. Keifer & E.W. Baker. 1975. Mites injurious to economic plants. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, XXIV+641p.

[16] Lindquist, E.E. 1985. Anatomy, Phylogeny and Systematics. 1.1.1. External Anatomy, p. 3-28. In: W. Helle & M.W. Sabelis (eds). Spiders mites, their Biology, Natural enemies and control. Amsterdam. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., vol. 1A.

[17] McMurtry, J.A. 1983. Phytoseiid mites from Guatemala, with descriptions of two new species and redefinitions of the genera Euseius, Typhloseiopsis and the Thyphlodromus occidentalis species group (Acari: Mesostigmata). Internal. J. Ent. 25: 249-272.

[18] Moraes, G.J. & J.A. McMurtry, 1983. Phytoseiid mites (Acarina) of northeastern Brazil with descriptions of four new species. Internal. J. Acarol. 9: 131-148.

[19] Moraes, G.J.; J.A. McMurtry & M.D. Denmark. 1986. A Catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae: references to taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and habitat. Brasília, EMBRAPA-DDT. 353p.

[20] Moraes, G.J. & N.C. Mesa. 1988. Mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari) in Colombia, with descriptions of the three new species. Internal. J. Acarol. 14 (2): 71-88.

[21] Moraes, G.J.; N.C. Mesa & A. Braun. 1991. Some Phytoseiid mites of Latin America (Acari:Phytoseiidae). Intermit. J. Acarol. 17 (2): 117-137.

[22] Muma, M.H. 1964. Cheyletidae (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with citrus in Florida. Florida Ent. 47 (4): 239-253.

[23] Rodrigues, M. de C. 1968. Acarina de Moçambique. Agron. moçamb. 2 (4): 215-256.

[24] Rowell, H.J.; D.A. Chant & R.I.C. Hansell. 1978. The determination of setal homologies and setal patterns on the dorsal shield in the family Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Can. Ent. 110: 859-876.

[25] Saito, Y. 1983. The concept of "life types" in Tetranychinae. An attempt to classify the spinning behavior of Tetranychinae. Acarologia 24 (4): 377-391.

[26] Summers, F.M. & D.W. Price. 1970. Revision of the family Cheyletidae. Univ. Calif. Publ. Ent. 61: 1-153.

[27] Volgin, V.I. 1955. Acarina of rodents of the USSR fauna. Acad. Nauk. SSSR, Zool. Inst. Opredelitelipo Faune SSSR 59: 1-459.