Mites of the family Scutacaridae (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Formica fusca L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Western Siberia, Russia
2015 - Volume: 55 Issue: 4 pages: 377-386
https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20152177
Keywords
Acari
Heterostigmata
Pygmephoroidea
Scutacarus
Imparipes
systematics
ants
phoresy
Abstract
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.
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