Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Brevipalpus chamaedorea
The dorsal body pattern of strongly raised tubercles and striae as figured is distinctive.
FEMALE.—As above; rostrum short and not broad, reaching about the middle of femur I; rostral shield lightly pebbled. Dorsal setae of femora I and II broadly lanceolate and strongly serrate; setae of genua small, slender. Dorsum of propodosoma with strong rounded tubercles; marginal area with longitudinal design. First pair of propodosomal setae very strong, broadly lanceolate, and serrate; second and third pairs much smaller. Hysterosoma with dorsomedian pattern transverse; mediolateral groove present; marginal pattern in general transverse. Dorsocentral setae similar to first pair of propodosomals; marginal setae short and serrate. Venter of body with small areolae except for area between metapodosomal setae which is punctate; ventral plates with areolae arranged in transverse pattern, Length of body including rostrum 338um; width 185μm.
MALE.—Body ornamentation and setae similar to that of female. Length of body including rostrum 286μm; width 185μm.
HOLOTYPE.—Female, USNM 3627, ex Chamaedorea sp., Mexico at San Antonio Quarantine Station, 21 May 1973 by D. Johnston.
- bibliographic citation
- Baker, Edward William, Tuttle, Donald M., and Abbatiello, M. 1975. "The false spider mites of northwestern and north central Mexico (Acarina, Tenuipalpidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.194
