TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Revisiting the genus Sphexicozela (Winterschmidtiidae): redescription of S. connivens Mahunka and description of a new species from Brazil
VL  - 66
IS  - 1
SP  - 14
EP  - 27
PY  - 2026
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Godoy, Lucas Lorena
AU  - Prado, Thais Juliane
AU  - Navia, Denise
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/q0jg-px66
DO  - 10.24349/q0jg-px66
DA  - 2026-01-12
ET  - 2026-01-12
KW  - Neotropical
KW  - Acari
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - symbiosis
KW  - Polistes simillimus
KW  - wasp
KW  - Vespidae
AB  - Sphexicozela Mahunka (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmatina: Winterschmidtiidae) was until now represented by a single described species, S. connivens Mahunka, 1970, found in Hungary in nests of Polistes species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae). In this study, we provide a redescription of S. connivens and describe Sphexicozela neotropica Godoy & Prado sp. nov., based on specimens collected from nests of Polistes simillimus Zikán in southeastern Brazil. This is the first record of the genus in the Neotropical region and highlights a previously undocumented association between Ensliniellinae mites and the social wasp P. simillimus.
ER -