A new genus and species of Macrochelidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with the Texas leafcutting ant, Atta texana (Buckley) in Louisiana, USA

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Krantz, Gerald W. Moser, John C.
Abstract	Adults and nymphs of a new genus and species of the family Macrochelidae are described from detritus cavities of the leafcutting ant, Atta texana. This new species is notable in having peritremes with no posterior loop, a series of small subterminal teeth on the fixed cheliceral digit rather than the single large tooth typical of other macrochelids and well-developed paranal cribral extensions in both the protonymph and the deutonymph, but not in adults. Keywords: Cheliceral and peritrematic morphology, Mesostigmata, Atta, Macrochelidae, Myrmecophile, Cribrum Keywords: Cheliceral and peritrematic morphology, Mesostigmata, Atta, Macrochelidae, Myrmecophile, Cribrum
Resource Type	Article
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2012.704396
Date Available	2013-04-08T20:40:31+00:00
Date Issued	2012
Citation	Krantz, Gerald W.; Moser, John 2012. A new genus and species of Macrochelidae (Acari:Mesostigmata) associated with the Texas leaf cutting ant, Atta texana (Buckley) in Louisiana, USA. International Journal of Acarology 38(7):576-582.
Journal Title	International Journal of Acarology
Journal Volume	38
Journal Issue/Number	7
Academic Affiliation	Integrative Biology
Declaração de direitos	Copyright Not Evaluated
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/38067