A new species of Abacarus (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) damaging sugarcane, Sacharrum officinarum L., from Costa Rica — the first eriophyoid mite described with a tibial seta on leg II
Author
Navia, Denise
Author
Flechtmann, Carlos H. W.
Author
Lindquist, Evert E.
Author
Aguilar, Hugo
text
Zootaxa
2011
3025
51
58
journal article
46352
10.5281/zenodo.278697
fbd7bc7e-56bb-43b4-abb6-16f3e1451228
1175-5326
278697
Key to adult females in the genus
Abacarus
Keifer
from sugarcane,
Saccharum
spp.
1. Tibia of leg II with a seta; seta
sc
(6–8 µm) reaching at most to 3rd dorsal annulus; epigynum with two rows of transverse lines basally............................................................................
Abacarus doctus
n. sp.
- Tibia of leg II without a seta; seta
sc
longer, reaching at least to 4th dorsal annulus; epigynum with longitudinal lines and/or basal rows of microtubercles............................................................................ 2
2. Prodorsal shield with median line complete, sparsely granular...................
Abacarus delhiensis
ChannaBasavanna
- Prodorsal shield without or short median line, smooth......................................................... 3
3. Scapular seta s
c
(11–15 µm) reaching 4th dorsal annulus; empodium 6-rayed..........................................................................................
Abacarus queenslandiensis
Ozman-Sullivan, Amrine & Walter
- Scapular seta s
c
(18 µm) extending beyond 7th dorsal annulus; empodium 7-rayed....
Abacarus sacchari
ChannaBasavanna