Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Author
MAŠÁN, PETER
Author
HALLIDAY, BRUCE
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-03-12
3776
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3776.1.1
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3776.1.1
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Onchodellus falculiger
(
Berlese, 1910
)
,
new combination
Pachylaelaps runculiger
var.
falculiger
Berlese, 1910a: 257
.
Type
locality:
South Africa
.
Pachylaelaps runculiger
var.
falculiger
.—
Castagnoli & Pegazzano, 1985: 140
.
Notes.
We have provisionally placed this species in
Onchodellus
, based only on its phoresy on a scarabaeid beetle. We believe that phoresy does not occur in
Pachylaelaps
.