Brevipalpus tuberellus De Leon, 1960

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 : 624

Brevipalpus tuberellus De Leon, 1960

Records in Bahia. Alves et al. 2019: 2184 ; present study.

Specimens examined. CEPLAC, ex. Musa sp. , Nov 2017 (1 ♀); UESC, ex. L. lurida, Mar 2018 (16 ♀♀, 1 DN, 11 PN, 7 LV).

Remarks. All the specimens of B. tuberellus included in the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Alves et al. (2019) and identified in the present study were collected from the municipality of Ilhéus by Kaélem S. Sousa. The morphology of the females is similar to the original description by De Leon (1960) and the redescription by Baker and Tuttle (1987).