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First report of Cheletomimus (Hemicheyletia) gracilis
(Acari: Cheyletidae) from Brazil
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Guilherme Liberato da Silva , Matheus dos Santos Rocha & Noeli Juarez Ferla
b
a
Departamento de Fitossanidade, Faculdade de Agronomia “Eliseu Maciel” , FAEMUFPel, Universidade Federal de Pelotas , Capão do Leão , 96001-970 , RS , Brasil
b
Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais , UNIVATES – Centro
Universitário , Lajeado , 95900-000 , RS , Brasil
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SHORT COMMUNICATION
First report of Cheletomimus (Hemicheyletia) gracilis (Acari: Cheyletidae) from Brazil
Guilherme Liberato da Silvaa , Matheus dos Santos Rochab and Noeli Juarez Ferlab
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Departamento de Fitossanidade, Faculdade de Agronomia “Eliseu Maciel”, FAEM-UFPel, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Capão do
Leão, 96001-970 RS, Brasil (email: [email protected]); b Laboratório de Acarologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais,
UNIVATES – Centro Universitário, Lajeado, 95900-000 RS, Brasil (emails: [email protected] and [email protected])
(Received 1 March 2013; accepted 23 March 2013)
Cheletomimus (Hemicheyletia) gracilis Fain, Bochkov and Corpuz-Raros (2002) was collected on strawberry plants (Fragaria
X ananassa Duchesne: Rosaceae) in greenhouse, for the first time in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Cheletomimus
(H.) wellsi (Baker) and Cheletomimus (H.) duosetosus Muma are also reported.
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Keywords: Fragaria X ananassa; greenhouse; predatory mite; Rio Grande do Sul; strawberry
Most representatives of the family Cheyletidae (Acari:
Prostigmata) are predators (Walter et al., 2009). They
are free-living, slow-moving and orange-coloured mites
(Gerson et al., 2003). So far, only two predators of the
genus Cheletomimus were nominally reported from Brazil.
There are a number of other reports of Cheletomimus
sp. from Brazil (Castro and Vieira, 2011; Mineiro et al.,
2006): Cheletomimus (Hemicheyletia) wellsi (Baker) on
Actinostemon communis (Müll. Arg.); Acalypha diversifolia Jacq., Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. & Endl and
Cheletomimus duosetosus Muma, on rubber tree (Hevea
brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) (Buosi et al., 2006; Demite
and Feres, 2007; Feres, 2000; Feres et al., 2002, 2007;
Hernandes and Feres, 2006).
In this note, we report C. (H.) gracilis from Brazil for
the first time (Figure 1).
Measurements of the specimens collected are close to
those of original description.
Material examined
Six females in a greenhouse plantation of strawberry
(Fragaria X ananassa Duchesne), Lajeado city, Rio Grande
do Sul State, Brazil (Coll. G.L. Silva).
Figure 1. Cheletomimus (H.) gracilis Fain, Bochkov and Corpuz-Raros 2002. Female: A – dorsal view; B – vulva.
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Distribution
This species was described from specimens collected on
Allium cepa L., Japan: at Hawaii, 26/VII/1961 by Fain
et al. (2002) and is known from the USA, Hawaii, Peru and
the Philippines.
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