New species of Tenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Semidecidual Forest remnants in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil

摘要

Three new species of the genus Tenuipalpus (Acarifonnes: Tenuipalpidae), T. tapiae sp. nov., T. apichai sp. nov., and T. nambii sp. nov. collected in Semidecidual Forest native plants in the northwest of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil are described and illustrated. A key of the Brazilian species of Tenuipalpus based on females is presented.Tenuipalpus Donnadieu is the most numerous genus of the family Tenuipalpidae (Acariformes) with 306 species and 11 of them are described from Brazil (Mesa et al. 2009; Flechtmann & Noronha 2013).During investigations of the mite fauna associated with native plants in Semidecidual Forest remnants in the northwest of the state of Sao Paulo, three new species of Tenuipalpus were recorded and are described herein: T. tapiae sp. nov., T. apichai sp.nov., and T. nambii sp. nov.