A new genus and species of larval mite (Acari: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae) parasitising Orthoptera (Tettigoniidae) from the Sierra Nevada, Spain.
Nevada capileirarum n. g., n. sp. (Acari: Microtrombidiidae: Microtrombidiinae) is described from ectoparasitic larvae parasitising two endemic species of Orthoptera (Tettigoniidae), Baetica ustulata (Rambur) and Pycnogaster inermis (Rambur) from the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Granada, Spain. A key to the larvae of microtrombidiine genera with three dorsal scuta and a coxal setal formula of 2-1-1 is presented.
Departamento Biología Aplicada, CITE II-B, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain. jgmayoral@hotmail.com
Jaime G
JG
Mayoral
Pablo
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Barranco
D000818:Animals; D007814:Larva; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D009987:Orthoptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D013030:Spain; D013045:Species Specificity