Lupaeus, Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De & Heyer, Jacob Den, 2009

Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De & Heyer, Jacob Den, 2009, A revision of the genus Pulaeus Den Heyer, with descriptions of a new genus and four new Brazilian species (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae), Zootaxa 2141, pp. 20-36 : 28

Genus LUPAEUS gen. nov.

Cunaxoides — Baker & Hoffmann, 1948: 247 & figs. 94–97

Pulaeus — Den Heyer, 1981b: 88 –96; Bu & Li 1991: 70 –73

Lupaeus — Kuznetsov & Livshits, 1979: 51 –105; Corpuz-Raros, 1996:119 –138 Type species: Pulaeus martini Den Heyer, 1981 b

Historical-taxonomic review. Berlese (1916) described Eupalus subterraneus without drawings. The three slide specimens on which he based his description are 174/27, 174/28 and 174/29; the first two are both marked ‘tipico’ and belong to the same species while the last one is broken apart. The two intact specimens in the Berlese Collection studied are related to the four species referred to in this paper. Baker & Hoffmann (1948) provided descriptions and drawings of a new species, viz., C. minutus . This species is regarded by the co-author as congeneric with the new genus Lupaeus . We are of opinion that, together with the indicated species in the key to this genus, the following are also new combinations: L. dentatus ( Corpuz-Raros, 1996) , L. filipinus ( Corpuz-Raros, 1996) , L. lenis ( Corpuz-Raros, 1996) , L. longisetus ( Corpuz-Raros, 1996) , L. polilloensis ( Corpuz-Raros, 2007) , L. platygnathus ( Bu & Li, 1991) , Lupaeus trepidus ( Kuznetsov & Livshits, 1979) and L. villacarlosae ( Corpuz-Raros, 1996) .

Etymology: The genus name is an anagram of the original name Eupalus , provided by Koch (1838), for a three-jointed cunaxid.

Diagnosis of the genus Lupaeus . This genus can be distinguished from other genera of the tribe Pulaeini by the presence of tarsus I with depression distally positioned; basifemur IV with 1 sts; genital seta g3 near outer margin of the genital valve; palp tibiotarsus with two- or three- pointed process.