Type material and new occurrences of marine mites (Halacaridae) from São Paulo State, Brazil, housed at “Centro de Coleções Taxonômicas da UFMG”, and notes on its taxonomy.
Journal: Lundiana International Journal of Biodiversity
Year: 2024

Halacarid mites are a diversified secondarily marine clade comprising more than one thousand species. Despite recent progress, it may be regarded as a neglected group of animals in Brazil, with only 36 species reported from Brazilian coastline, 26 of them from São Paulo State, belonging to 12 genera. Original description and records included material deposited in personal collections now housed at the Acarological Collection at “Centro de Coleções Taxonômicas da UFMG”, acronym UFMG-AC. In additi