Mites of the family Scutacaridae (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Formica fusca L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Western Siberia, Russia

Autor: Alexander Khaustov
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Acarologia. 55:377-386
ISSN: 2107-7207
0044-586X
DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20152177
Popis: Six species of scutacarid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Scutacaridae) are newly recorded phoretic on ants Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Tyumen Province,Western Siberia, Russia. One of these species, Scutacarus karafiati n. sp. is described as new for science. Scutacarus pilatus Khaustov, 2008, S. rotundus (Berlese, 1903) and S. atypicus (Karafiat, 1959) are recorded for the first time in Russia. Scutacarus rotundus is redescribed based on material fromWestern Siberia.
Databáze: OpenAIRE