Agistemus brasiliensis Matioli, Ueckermann & Oliveira, 2002

Monjarás-Barrera, José Irving, Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da, Chacón-Hernández, Julio Cesar, Silva, Onilda Santos Da, Ferla, Noeli Juarez & Johann, Liana, 2020, A new species and new record of Agistemus Summers (Acari: Stigmaeidae) associated withCapsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum (Solanaceae) from Northeastern of Mexico, Acarologia 60 (2), pp. 470-480 : 471

Agistemus brasiliensis Matioli, Ueckermann & Oliveira, 2002

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Distribution — Agistemus brasiliensis was reported on Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck in São Paulo, Brazil, feeding on Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Tetranychidae) and Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) (Tenuipalpidae) ( Matioli et al., 2002). It is recorded from Coffea arabica L. and C. canephora P. ( Mineiro et al., 2010). It is the only species collected on Vitis vinifera L. Chardonnay and Merlot cultivar, Vitis labrusca L. Bordeaux cultivar and Solanum americanum Mill. ( Johann et al., 2013) . Agistemus brasiliensis has only been recorded from two countries worldwide, Brazil ( Fan et al., 2019) and Mexico (present study).

Remarks — No morphological differences were observed between specimens from Mexico and those described by Matioli et al., (2002). Measurements of the Mexican specimens are provided in Table 1.

Material examined — All specimens were found on leaves of Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum at, Ojo de Agua, Gomez Farias Tamaulipas, Mexico; J. I. Monjarás B. leg.; two females; February 17, 2017; one female, March 3, 2017; one male, February 17, 2017; one male, October 13, 2017; one male, November 10, 2017.