TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Establishment of a new mite family, Bulacaridae (Acari: Astigmata)
VL  - 64
IS  - 4
SP  - 1003
EP  - 1018
PY  - 2024
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Fan, Qing-Hai
AU  - Zhao, Zeng Qi
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/183v-eq41
DO  - 10.24349/183v-eq41
DA  - 2024-10-04
ET  - 2024-10-04
KW  - Sarcoptiformes
KW  - Acaroidea
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - Fiji
KW  - interception
KW  - taro
KW  - Colocasia esculenta
KW  - new genus
KW  - new species
AB  - Morphological and molecular data led to the proposal of a new family named Bulacaridae for Bulacarus curvisetus gen. nov. and sp. nov., found on taro corms (Colocasia esculenta, Araceae) imported from Fiji at New Zealand border. The morphological evidence of Bulacarus curvisetus gen. nov. and sp. nov. were collected and described. The phylogenetic relationship of the new species was investigated by utilizing data derived from the near full-length small subunit (SSU) of rRNA genes. Furthermore, this paper discussed the characteristics and taxonomic placement of this family in the superfamily Acaroidea.
ER -