A new species, new genus and new records of heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Heterostigmata) phoretic on scarab beetles of the subfamily Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Author
Khaustov, Alexander A.
Author
Frolov, Andrey V.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-07
4514
2
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journal article
28019
10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.3
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1175-5326
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Pygmodispus odontotarsus
Sevastianov, 1975
Pygmodispus
(
Pygmodispus
)
odontotarsus
Sevastianov, 1975
Pygmodispus odontotarsus
Sevastianov, 1975
: in Sosnina & Sevastianov, p. 207, Figs 17-20.
This species was described from the nest of small mammal in
Crimea
(
Sosnina & Sevastianov 1975
). It was also recorded in left-bank
Ukraine
(
Khaustov 2008
).
This is the first record of phoresy of this species and first record in Africa.
Material examined
.
ALGERIA
:
1 female
on
Hybalus
sp., Algeria (without more detailed data)
.