TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Phylogenetic relationships of Paralamellobates: immature characters of P. misella (Berlese) place the genus in Punctoribatidae (Acari, Oribatida)
VL  - 56
IS  - 2
SP  - 141
EP  - 165
PY  - 2016
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Behan-Pelletier, V.M.
AU  - Li, D.
AU  - Fan, Q.-H.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20162237
DO  - 10.1051/acarologia/20162237
DA  - 2016-05-26
ET  - 2016-05-26
KW  - Oribatida
KW  - Paralamellobates misella
KW  - Punctoribatidae
KW  - Poronotic Brachypylina
KW  - morphology
KW  - molecular analysis
AB  - Species in the oribatid mite genus Paralamellobates  are primarily tropical and subtropical, and are found in both arboreal and soil habitats. Herein, we describe all stages of  P. misella (Berlese) collected from banana from the Philippines. We provide a revised and expanded diagnosis for  Paralamellobates.  Paralamellobates striatus Behan-Pelletier, described from Costa Rica, is considered a junior synonym of  P. misella new. syn. We assess relationships of  Paralamellobates using characters of adults and its apheredermous immatures. Based on morphology, the closest relatives are hypothesized to be among the Punctoribatidae (Ceratozetoidea) rather than among the Achipteriidae (Achipterioidea), and the Oribatellidae (Oribatelloidea) as suggested in previous classifications. However, molecular studies did not support our morphological analysis.
ER -