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New species of Neoteneriffiola (Acari: Trombidiformes: Teneriffiidae) from Brazilian caves: geographical distribution and ecological traits

2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 38; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01647954.2012.662246

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Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi, Thaís Giovannini Pellegrini, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira,

Study of Mite Species

Abstract This work presents a description of a new species of the genus Neoteneriffiola Hirst found in the Brazilian caves. Individuals were collected in 22 caves located in Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais and Tocantins states. Keywords: AnystoideaBrazilcaveAcariformestaxonomy Acknowledgements This work counted on financial support from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Conservação Internacional do Brasil, CNPq, (Proc. no: 477712/2006-1) and FAPEMIG (Proc. no: APQ 4189-5.03-07, APQ 01826-08, APQ 01854-09, APQ 03526-09, PPM-00433-11). We thank the researchers Maurício Sérgio Zacarias and Paulo Rebelles Reis for the incentive and for allowing the use of equipments present in EPAMIG/CTSM-EcoCentro Lavras. We thank ICMBIO/CECAV for help with some collections, and also the researchers Carlos H. W. Flechtmann, Almir Pepato, Mark Judson, Slava Pogrebnyak and Reza Beyzavi for sending important works that allowed the conclusion of the current manuscript. And finally we thank Rafaela Bastos Pereira for translating this manuscript.