Thewkachela ratufi n.g. n.sp., an Unusual New Cheyletid Mite (Cheyletidae: Acariformes) from the Giant Squirrel, Ratufa, (Sciuridae: Rodentia) in Sabah and Thailand

Autor: John B. Kethley, Guilford S. Ide
Rok vydání: 1977
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Zdroj: Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 70:559-562
ISSN: 1938-2901
0013-8746
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/70.4.559
Popis: Thewkachela ratufi , (Cheyletidae: Acariformes) is described from adult females taken from Ratufa affinis (Sciuridae: Rodentia) in Sabah, formerly North Borneo, and R. bicolor and R. affinis in Thailand. The mites are unique among known Cheyletidae in possessing a large recurved hook arising from the ventral surface of the subcapitulum.
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