A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia
Author
Khaustov, Alexander A.
text
ZooKeys
2014
454
13
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.454.8709
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.454.8709
1313-2970-454-13
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Taxon
classification Animalia Prostigmata Microdispidae
Unguidispus japonicus Kurosa, 1979
Unguidispus japonicus
Kurosa, 1979, p. 64, figs 1-2.
Material examined.
Five females, Russia: Tyumen Province, vicinity of Tyumen,
57°04'03"N
,
65°04'12"E
, on ants
Lasius niger
, 17 August 2014, coll. V.M. Salavatulin. 2 females, Russia: Tyumen Province, vicinity of Tyumen,
57°09'55"N
,
65°27'32"E
, on ants
Lasius niger
, 31 August 2014, coll. A.A. Khaustov.
This species was described from Japan from the nests of ants
Lasius niger
(
Kurosa 1979
). I recorded phoresy of this species on
Lasius niger
in Western Siberia. This is a new record for the fauna of Russia.