TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Genus Eryngiopus Summers (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) from Saudi Arabia; a new record and redescription of E. discus Meyer, with a key to the world species VL - 58 IS - 3 SP - 655 EP - 664 PY - 2018 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Rehman, Muneeb Ur AU - Kamran, Muhammad AU - Alatawi, Fahad J. UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184262 DO - 10.24349/acarologia/20184262 DA - 2018-06-01 ET - 2018-06-01 KW - bakeri, gracilis, predatory mites, species groups, stigmaeids AB - Eryngiopus discus Meyer, 1969 (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae), the first species of the genus Eryngiopus Summers recorded from Saudi Arabia, is re-described and illustrated. The specimens of this species were collected from foxtail grass Cenchrus sp. (Poaceae) and Euryops arabicus (Asteraceae). Also, the species of the genus Eryngiopus are categorized into two species groups, bakeri and gracilis, based on three and four pairs of prodorsal setae, respectively. A key to the world species of the genus Eryngiopus is provided too. ER -