Tenuipalpus uvae De Leon, 1962

NascimentoK, Renata S., SouzaK, Kaélem S., MeloK, Elisangela A. S. F., TassiK, Aline D., CastroK, Elizeu B., K, Denise Navia, de MendonçaK, Renata S., OchoaK, Ronald & OliveiraK, Anibal R., 2023, Flat mites (Tenuipalpidae) from Bahia state, Northeastern Brazil - a checklist including new records and an illustrated key to species, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 619-636 : 626-628

* Tenuipalpus uvae De Leon, 1962

Records in Bahia. Present study.

Specimens examined. F. Bela Vista, ex. S. mombin, Apr 2007 (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 2 DN, 1 LV); F. Barra, ex. H. bihai, Aug 2007 (1 ♀); UESC, ex. S. mombin, Aug 2017 (1 ♂, 5 ♀♀, 1 DN).

Remarks. The morphology of the females collected in the present study is similar to the original description by De Leon (1962).

Key to the 16 tenuipalpid species reported from Bahia state territory

Based on adult females.

1. Opisthosoma with three setae in setal row C (c1, c2 and c3) (Figures 2A, B)............. 2 — Opisthosoma with two setae in setal row C (c1 and c3) (Figure 2C)..................... 3

2. Opisthosoma with three setae in setal row D (d1, d2 and d3) (Figure 2A)..................................................................................... Raoiella : R. indica — Opisthosoma with two setae in setal row D (d1 and d3) (Figure 2B)...................... ...................................................... Dolichotetranychus : D. floridanus

3. Opisthosoma with setae h2 long and whip-like, at least four times longer than other dorsal opisthosomal setae (Figures 2D, 3H)....................................... Tenuipalpus 4 — Opisthosoma with setae h2 not whip-like, similar in form to other dorsal opisthosomal setae ( Figures 4A, E, H )....................................................... Brevipalpus 10

4. Dorsal idiosoma with a pair of lateral projections anteriad of prodorsal seta sc2 and lateral to anterior opisthosomal seta c3 (Figure 2C)...................................... T. coyacus — Dorsal idiosoma without lateral projections anteriad of prodorsal seta sc2 and lateral to anterior opisthosomal seta c3 (Figure 2D).............................................. 5

5. Coxisternal region with two pairs of setae 3a (3a1 and 3a2) (Figures 2D, E)............. 6 — Coxisternal region with a single pair of setae 3a ( Figures 3A, B, G, H ).................. 7

6. Coxisternal region with two pairs of setae 4a (4a1 and 4a2) (Figure 2D); genu III with one seta (Figure 2H)............................................................ T. pacificus — Coxisternal region with a single pair of setae 4a (Figure 2F); genu III nude (Figure 2G)....

......................................................................... T. orchidofilo

7. Femur IV with two setae (d and ev′) ( Figures 3C, D )........................... T. panici — Femur IV with one seta (ev′) ( Figure 3E )............................................. 8

:

– T. heveae (femur IV, PC); F – T. heveae (genua I and II, PC); G – T. odoratus (venter, PC); H – T. uvae (venter, PC); I – T. uvae (genu I, PC);

J – T. odoratus (genu II, PC); K – T. uvae (tibia IV, PC); L – T. odoratus (tibia IV, PC).

8. Genua I and II with one seta each (d) ( Figure 3F ).............................. T. heveae — Genua I and II with three setae each (d, l′ and l″) ( Figures 3I, J )........................ 9

Figures

Figure 3 Diagnostic characters of adult female flat mites referred to in the identification key of the tenuipalpid species reported from Bahia: A – Tenuipalpus panici (venter, PC); B – T. heveae (venter, PC); C – T. panici (femur IV dorsum, PC); D –T. panici (femur IV venter, PC); E

Figure 4 Diagnostic characters of adult female flat mites referred to in the identification key of the tenuipalpid species reported from Bahia: A – Brevipalpus californicus (dorsum, PC); B –B. californicus (tarsus II, PC); C – B. californicus (spermatheca, PC); D – B. tuberellus (spermatheca, PC); E – B. tuberellus (dorsum, PC); F –B. tuberellus (tarsus II, PC); G – B. tuberellus (seta v2, PC); H – B. obovatus (dorsum, DIC); I –B. obovatus (tarsus II, DIC); J – B. obovatus (spermatheca, DIC); K – B. obovatus (seta of the palp, DIC).