Nomenclature changes in the mite families Neopygmephoridae and Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) with redescription of two little known species
Author
Khaustov, Alexandr A.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2809
47
57
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.201298
9a7a208a-8c53-47c7-9904-1e8197f81d5d
1175-5326
201298
Pygmephorus stammeri
Krczal, 1959
Pygmephorus scrobiculatus
Sevastianov, 1975
: 204
, figs. 1–4
syn. nov.
Sosnina & Sevastianov (1975)
described
Pygmephorus scrobiculatus
Sevastianov, 1975
from nests of small mammals from Crimea,
Ukraine
. My examination of two female
paratypes
of
P. scrobiculatus
revealed conspecificity of
P. scrobiculatus
and
P. stammeri
Krczal, 1959
redescribed by
Dastych
et al.
(1991)
. Therefore I consider
P. s c ro - biculatus
syn. nov.
as a junior synonym of
P. stammeri
.
Material examined
. Two female
paratypes
of
Pygmephorus scrobiculatus
Sevastianov, 1975
,
UKRAINE
: Crimea, Gurzuf mountain pasture, from soil,
31 August 1960
, coll. E.F. Sosnina.