TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Additional contributions to the knowledge of Philippine predatory mites mainly of the subfamilies Cunaxinae and Cunaxoidinae (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae)
VL  - 59
IS  - 1
SP  - 134
EP  - 151
PY  - 2019
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Corpuz-Raros, Leonila A.
AU  - Naredo, Jeremy C. B.
AU  - Garcia, Rufino C.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20194318
DO  - 10.24349/acarologia/20194318
DA  - 2019-02-21
ET  - 2019-02-21
KW  - Acari
KW  - biodiversity
KW  - Cunaxinae
KW  - Cunaxoidinae
KW  - Philippines
KW  - predatory mites
AB  - A new species of cunaxid mite belonging to the subfamily Cunaxinae, Cunaxa minidiscondyla sp. nov., is described from the Philippines. This species is distinctive by the presence of a small disc-shaped apophysis dorsodistally on the palp telofemur, two spine-like setae on the palp genu, a long spine-like seta on the palp tibiotarsus, an ill-defined propodosomal shield, the absence of a median hysterosomal shield, long hysterosomal setae, and basifemoral and telofemoral chaetotaxy of 4-4-3-1 and 5-5-4-4, respectively. The previously unknown female of Lupaeus longisetus (Cunaxoidinae) and unknown male of Dactyloscirus trifidus (Cunaxinae) are described. A supplementary description is provided for Scutopalus clavatus (Cunaxoidinae) which is recorded for the first time in the Philippines on coconut leaves infested with the scale insect, Aspidiotus rigidus. New locality and habitat data are given for some species of the aforementioned subfamilies, as well as the subfamilies Bonzinae and Orangescirulinae.
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