title: Description of a new species of Oplitis Berlese, 1884, and the first record of a phoretic uropodid mite (Acari: Oplitidae) on a Neotropical solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).
abstract: The association of an uropodid mite with a solitary eumenine wasp is reported for the first time. Five mite specimens were found on a specimen of the wasp Zethus pallidus Smith, 1857, collected in southeastern Brazil. The mites are described as a new species, Oplitis ticumbi Kontschán & Bernardi sp. nov. In addition some notes on the biology of these mite specimens associated with Z. pallidus are presented.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Sistemática e Biologia de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brazil.; Email: matheus.bioufla@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Matheus Carvalho Soares De Aguiar
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest, P.O. Box 102, Hungary; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jenő
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kontschán
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Sistemática e Biologia de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brazil.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Leopoldo Ferreira De Oliveira
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Sistemática e Biologia de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brazil.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Marcel Gustavo
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hermes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size; D014863:Wasps / Q000469:parasitology*