A new species of rake-legged mite, Caeculus cassiopeiae (Prostigmata, Caeculidae), from Canada and a systematic analysis of its genus

Abstract

The genus Caeculus Dufour ( Prostigmata , Caeculidae ) contains 19 previously described species, most of which are found in North America, and for which no comprehensive phylogenetic treatment exists. Here, one new species from Alberta, Canada, is described: Caeculus cassiopeiae Bernard & Lumley, sp. nov., and another caeculid known to be present in Canada is documented. The new species is characterized within the genus with a character state matrix, from which an updated key is produced. A systematic analysis of all 20 species based on morphological and geographical distribution traits obtained from literature represents the first phylogenetic review of the genus.

Contributors

Jared Bernard:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4094-2839

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Zookeys

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Zookeys

Journal ID (publisher-id): 2

Journal ID (index): urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:45048D35-BB1D-5CE8-9668-537E44BD4C7E

Journal ID (aggregator): urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:91BD42D4-90F1-4B45-9350-EEF175B1727A

Title: ZooKeys

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

ISSN (Print): 1313-2989

ISSN (Electronic): 1313-2970

Publication date Collection: 2020

Publication date (Electronic): 13 April 2020

Volume: 926

Pages: 1-23

Affiliations

[1 ] Invertebrate Zoology, Royal Alberta Museum, 9810 103A Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0G2, Canada Royal Alberta Museum Edmonton Canada

[2 ] Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii-Mānoa, 3050 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA University of Hawaii-Mānoa Honolulu United States of America

Author notes

Corresponding author: Jared Bernard ( bernardj@ 123456hawaii.edu )

Academic editor: V. Pesic

Article

Publisher ID: 48741

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.926.48741

PMC ID: 7170984

Copyright statement: Jared Bernard, Lisa M. Lumley, Matthias Buck, Tyler P. Cobb

License:

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Product

Self URI (zoobank): http://zoobank.org/1BB22C60-3A79-43E1-A591-C92EAC8B430F

Categories

Subject: Research Article

Subject: Caeculidae

Subject: Biogeography

Subject: Identification key

Subject: Phylogeny

Subject: Species Inventories

Subject: Taxonomy

Subject: Alberta