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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES REPRESENTING NEW OR UNREPORTED GENERA OF LEBERTIOIDEA (ACARI: HYDRACHNIDA) FROM NORTH AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ian M. Smith
Ian M. Smith
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
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Abstract

Adult females of Rutripalpus canadensis sp.nov. (family Rutripalpidae) from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, adults of both sexes of Scutolebertia trinitensis gen.nov., sp.nov. (family Lebertiidae) from the Coast Range in northern California, USA, and adults of both sexes of Pseudotorrenticola chiricahua sp.nov. (family Torrenticolidae) from Arizona, USA, are described. The three new species represent the first members of their respective genera to be reported from North America, and their discovery provides new perspectives on the phylogeny and biogeography of mites in these genera.

Résumé

On trouvera ici la description de femelles adultes de Rutripalpus canadensis sp.nov. (famille Rutripalpidae) de l’île du Cap-Breton, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada, d’adultes mâles et femelles de Scutolebertia trinitensis gen.nov., sp.nov. (famille Libertiidae) de la Chaîne côtière du nord de la Californie, E.-U. et d’adultes mâles et femelles de Pseudotorrenticola chiricahua sp.nov. (famille Torrenticolidae) de l’Arizona, É.-U. Les trois nouveaux taxons représentent les premières espèces de ces genres à être jamais signalées en Amérique du Nord et leur découverte jette de la lumière sur la phylogénie et la biogéographie des acariens de ces trois genres.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 123 , Issue 4 , August 1991 , pp. 811 - 825
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1991

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