Brevipalpus yothersi 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 : 624-625

Brevipalpus yothersi Baker, 1949

Records in Bahia. Arena et al. 2016: 27 ; Ramos-González et al. 2016: 14; Mineiro et al. 2018:

4; Silva et al. 2022: 1 ; present study.

Specimens examined. F. Santo Antônio, ex. Citrus sp. , Mar 2007 (2 ♀♀, 1 DN, 1 PN, 2

LV); F. Frupical, ex. T. cacao, Apr 2007 (1 ♀); F. Liberdade, ex. A. purpurata verm., Apr 2007

(1 ♀, 1 DN, 1 PN); F. Liberdade, ex. A. purpurata rosa, Apr 2007 (1 ♀, 1 DN); F. Liberdade, ex. H. psittacorum x H. Spathocircinada cv., Apr 2007 (2 ♀♀); F. Olho D’Água, ex. E. elatior , May 2007 (2 ♀♀, 1 DN); F. Terra Nova, ex. T. cacao , May 2007 (1 ♀); F. Liberdade, ex. Musa

sp., May 2007 (1 ♀); F. F. N. S. Auxiliadora, ex. A. carambola, Jul 2007 (1 ♀); F. Monte Alegre, ex. P. guajava, Oct 2007 (3 ♀♀, 2 DN); UESC, ex. Citrus sp. , Sep 2011 (4 ♀♀); UESC, ex. T. cacao, Apr 2012 (1 ♀); A. Point, ex. E. oleracea , May 2016 (1 ♀); UESC, ex. C. nucifera, Aug 2017 (5 ♀♀, 5 DN, 2 PN); UESC, ex. Citrus sp. , Aug 2017 (17 ♀♀); UESC,

ex. E. elatior, Sep 2017 (1 ♀); IFBA, ex. Citrus sp. , Sep 2017 (4 ♀♀); Jacuba (Itamarati), ex. Citrus sp. , Sep 2017 (6 ♀♀); CEPLAC, ex. Musa sp. , Nov 2017 (1 ♀); UESC, ex. H. rostrata , Nov 2017 (1 ♀); UESC, ex. C. trichotoma, Jan 2018 (11 ♀♀); UESC, ex. M. emarginata, Jan 2018 (1 ♀); A. Serra de Areia , ex. P. edulis, Jan 2018 (3 ♀♀); UESC, ex. L. lurida, Mar 2018

(1 ♀); UESC, ex. P. edulis, Mar 2018 (15 ♀♀); Urban area (Barra), ex. Citrus sp. , May 2019

(48 ♀♀, 7 DN); UESC, ex. P. edulis, Jan 2021 (4 ♀♀, 3 DN, 5 PN, 5 LV); CEPLAC, ex. T. cacao, Apr 2021 (3 ♀♀, 2 LV); Rod. BR-415, ex. Heliconia sp. , Jun 2021 (3 ♀♀, 1 DN, 2

LV); UESC, ex. M. arboreus, Jul 2021 (8 ♀♀); F. Sossego, ex. Citrus sp. , Nov 2021 (1 ♀); V. Biobrasil, ex. T. cacao , Nov 2021 (15 ♀♀, 8 DN, 6 PN, 5 LV).

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