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Tairis DA-Costa1, Luana Fabrina Rodighero, Guilherme Liberato DA Silva
1Laboratório de Entomologia, Escola de Ciências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Laboratório de Acarologia, Tecnovates, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brasil.. tairiscosta@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Tydeid mites have a cosmopolitan distribution and are associated with diverse substrates such as soil, plants, stored products, and animals like vertebrates and insects. Here we report two new species of tydeid mites living inside stingless bee colonies in Brazil. Lorryia meliponarum n. sp. and Melissotydeus bipunctata n. sp. are described and illustrated, and in addition a key to the species of Melissotydeus is presented.
