Brevipalpus californicus ( Banks, 1904 )

NascimentoK, Renata S., SouzaK, Kaélem S., MeloK, Elisangela A. S. F., TassiK, Aline D., CastroK, Elizeu B., K, Denise Navia, de MendonçaK, Renata S., OchoaK, Ronald & OliveiraK, Anibal R., 2023, Flat mites (Tenuipalpidae) from Bahia state, Northeastern Brazil - a checklist including new records and an illustrated key to species, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 619-636 : 622

Brevipalpus californicus ( Banks, 1904) sensu lato

Records in Bahia. Bondar, 1928: 39 (as Tenuipalpus californicus ); Silva et al. 2022: 1 ; present study.

Specimens examined. UESC, ex. H. brasiliensis , Nov 2021 (2 ♀♀).

Remarks. The californicus group is composed of species of various morphological types identified as B. californicus sensu lato in Beard et al. (2013), and it has been accepted that this taxon name represents a species complex that is currently under revision (Tassi and Ochoa,

personal communication). The morphology of the only two females collected in the present study is similar to the original description by Banks (1904) and to the photos of B. californicus sensu lato presented by Beard et al. (2013).