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

1 August 1991

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist

Vol. 123 (4) , 811-825
https://doi.org/10.4039/ent123811-4

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.

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