A new species of the genus Mamersellides-Lundblad, 1937 (Acari, Hydrachinida) with remaks on the family Anisitsiellidae on the family Anisitsiellidae

Abstract

Larvae and adults of Mamersellides costenius sp. nov., from Mexico and Florida, USA, are described. The resulting new morphological data are incorporated into revised diagnoses for the genus Mamersellides, the subfamily Anisitsiellinae, and the family Anisitsiellidae. Preliminary assessment of character states exhibited by larvae and adults of Mamersellides and other genera of Lebertioidea, and by those of genera of the family Limnesiidae, suggests that a comprehensive cladistic analysis would provide a phylogenetic basis for extensive revision of the classification of these mites.