| abstract | Five genera Teklathiana, Averithiana, Metriothiana, Dorynothiana, Eunorithiana and six species are described as new: Teklathiana onnae from Colombia ectoparasite on Acromis sparsa, Metriothiana bolebori from Honduras on Metrionella bilimeki, Averithiana anoni from French Guiana on Zatrephina lineata, Dorynothiana jurandi from Brazil on Dorynota pugionata, Eunorithiana aidae from Colombia on Plagiometriona phoebe and E. heliodori from Brazil on P. ludicra. A key to neotropical genera of canestriniid mites is given. |