Brevipalpus papayensis Baker, 1949

NascimentoK, Renata S., SouzaK, Kaélem S., MeloK, Elisangela A. S. F., TassiK, Aline D., CastroK, Elizeu B., K, Denise Navia, de MendonçaK, Renata S., OchoaK, Ronald & OliveiraK, Anibal R., 2023, Flat mites (Tenuipalpidae) from Bahia state, Northeastern Brazil - a checklist including new records and an illustrated key to species, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 619-636 : 623-624

* Brevipalpus papayensis Baker, 1949

Records in Bahia. Present study.

Specimens examined. UESC, ex. C. arabica, Aug 2017 (2 ♀♀); UESC, ex. H. rostrata, Aug 2017 (2 ♀♀); IFBA, ex. Citrus sp. , Sep 2017 (2 ♀♀); UESC, ex. C. arabica , Nov 2017 (1 ♀); UESC, ex. M. emarginata , Nov 2017 (2 ♀♀); UESC, ex. M. emarginata, Jan 2018 (2 ♀♀); UESC, ex. M. citrifolia, Jul 2021 (1 ♀).

Remarks. The morphology of the females collected in the present study is similar to the original description by Baker (1949) and to the redescription presented in Beard et al. (2015) ;

however, some specimens showed slight variation in the bands with mixed orientation on the genital plate compared with that presented in the latter work.