TARSONEMIDAE Canestrini & Fanzago

Demite, Peterson R., Feres, Reinaldo J. F., Lofego, Antonio C. & Oliveira, Anibal R, 2009, Plant inhabiting mites (Acari) from the Cerrado biome of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, Zootaxa 2061, pp. 45-60 : 50-51

TARSONEMIDAE Canestrini & Fanzago

Origin of the specimens examined: Cerradão: Hymenaea sp., IV-2004 (1); Lecythes sp., VI-2004 (1); Myrtaceae sp.1, III-2004 (2), IV-2004 (1), V-2004 (3); Myrtaceae sp.2, IV-2004 (1); Qualea sp., III-2004 (4); Riparian Forest: B. longifolia , III-2004 (2), I-2005 (1); Byrsonima sp., III-2004 (1); D. furfuraceae , III-2004 (1). Previous records: Brazil, Japan and USA.

Remarks: This species was the most abundant tarsonemid found on plants of the Myrtaceae family in the Cerrado of São Paulo State in the survey carried out by Lofego & Moraes (2006). DeLeon (1956) and Lofego et al. (2005) suggested that this species is phytophagous. However, Suski (1967) could not exclude the possibility that it also feeds on lichen and fungi.

Tarsonemus confusus Ewing

Tarsonemus confusus Ewing, 1939: 26 ; Beer, 1954: 1173; Smiley, 1969: 221; Kaliszewski, 1993: 40; Feres et al., 2005: 6; Lofego et al., 2005: 24; Buosi et al., 2006: 8.

Origin of the specimens examined: Cerradão: C. langsdorfii , V-2004 (1); Lecythes sp., XII-2004 (4); Myrtaceae sp.1, XII-2004 (1); Qualea sp., VII-2004 (1), I-2005 (2); Riparian Forest: B. longifolia , I-2005 (6); Myrtaceae sp.3, I-2005 (1). Previous records: Belarus, Brazil, China, Germany, Korea, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine and USA.