TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Revision of mites of the tribe Boletoglyphini trib. nov. (Acari: Rhizoglyphidae) associated with polypore fungi
VL  - 66
IS  - 4
SP  - 946
EP  - 1062
PY  - 2026
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Klimov, Pavel B.
AU  - Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B.
AU  - OConnor, Barry M.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/sb4z-76ud
DO  - 10.24349/sb4z-76ud
DA  - 2026-10-13
ET  - 2026-10-13
KW  - Boletoglyphini
KW  - Rhizoglyphidae
KW  - review
KW  - systematic
KW  - morphology
KW  - phylogeny
KW  - phoretic host associations
KW  - species descriptions
KW  - coleopteran hosts
KW  - Tenebrionidae
KW  - Bolitophagini, Ciidae
AB  - Mites of the genera Boletoglyphus Volgin, 1953 and Capillaroglyphus Klimov, 1998 are specialized inhabitants of polypore sporocarps and belong to Rhizoglyphidae sensu novo, a lineage recently separated from Acaridae sensu lato based on molecular and morphological evidence. Previously, only four species were known worldwide, all from the Holarctic region. A survey of phoretic mites associated with beetles inhabiting bracket fungi revealed a diverse and previously undocumented fauna from the Oriental, Australian, and Holarctic regions and single species from the Neotropical and Afrotropical regions. Here, we establish Boletoglyphini trib. nov. and provide a taxonomic revision of the tribe. We describe three new genera, Alegoriopus gen. nov. (A. demodocus sp. nov.), Bolitoxenopus gen. nov. (B. polyphemus sp. nov.), and Sphaerotheriopus gen. nov. (S. odysseus sp. nov.), eight new species in Boletoglyphus (B. anticleia sp. nov., B. athena sp. nov., B. circe sp. nov., B. calypso sp. nov., B. penelope sp. nov., B. helena, sp. nov. B. nausicaa sp. nov., B. eurycleia sp. nov.) and four new species in Capillaroglyphus (C. eurymachus sp. nov., C. eumaeus sp. nov., C. telemachus sp. nov., C. hermes sp. nov.). Previously known species are redescribed, and an identification key to all known species of Boletoglyphini is provided. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred from 86 morphological characters of phoretic deutonymphs scored for 19 ingroup taxa and four outgroup genera. Parsimony analysis supported the monophyly of Boletoglyphini and recovered the relationships Sphaerotheriopus, Alegoriopus, (Bolitoxenopus, (Boletoglyphus, Capillaroglyphus)). Most members of the tribe are associated with polypore fungi and disperse on beetles inhabiting the same sporocarps, primarily members of Bolitophagini (Tenebrionidae). However, early-diverging lineages (Sphaerotheriopus, Alegoriopus) are associated with other hosts, suggesting that association with polypore fungi evolved within Boletoglyphini after their origin. The known distribution of Boletoglyphini is expanded from the Holarctic region to Southeast Asia, Australia, Africa and Central and South America, revealing a substantially greater diversity and broader geographic range than previously recognized.
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