A new species of Barbutia (Acari: Barbutiidae) from Cuba

About authors:

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; e-mail: a.v.tolstikov@utmn.ru

Acknowledgments:

This research was supported by the coopera­tive agreement No. FEWZ-2021-0004 from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Educa­tion. Authors thank A. Gubin (Tyumen State University, Russia) for preparing the SEM im­ages. We also thank Dr. Owen Seeman (Queensland Museum, Australia) for the valuable information on the morphology of the type specimens of B. longinqua and Dr. Dania Prieto (Universidad de la Habana, Cuba) for her collaboration on the studies of the mites of Cuba.

Annotation:

A new species Barbutia cubensis sp.n. is described based on females and males collected from forest litter in Cuba. A key to adult females of Barbutia is provided.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2022-30-1-57-68

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