Two Remarkable New Species of the Superfamily Pygmephoroidea (Acari: Heterostigmata) Associated With Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae)

Two Remarkable New Species of the Superfamily Pygmephoroidea (Acari: Heterostigmata) Associated With Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae)

Two new species of the pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) are described and illustrated based on phoretic females found in northern forests of Iran: Propygmephorus crossi Katlav and Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Pygmephoridae) phoretic on carabid beetles Pseudoophonus rufipes (DeGeer,...

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Published in:Annals of the Entomological Society of America Vol. 109; no. 1; pp. 136 - 144
Main Authors: Katlav, Alihan, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza, Talebi, Ali Asghar
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Entomological Society of America 01-01-2016
Oxford University Press
Subjects:
Iran
mite
phoretic
Pygmephoridae
Scutacaridae
SYSTEMATICS
Scutacaridae
Iran
mite
Pygmephoridae
phoretic
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Summary:Two new species of the pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) are described and illustrated based on phoretic females found in northern forests of Iran: Propygmephorus crossi Katlav and Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Pygmephoridae) phoretic on carabid beetles Pseudoophonus rufipes (DeGeer, 1774) and Pterostichus caspius (Menetries, 1832) (Coleoptera: Carabidae), and Archidispus irregularis Katlav and Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Scutacaridae) associated with Bledius sp. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). The genus Propygmephorus Cross, 1974 is recorded from the eastern hemisphere for the first time and also redefined. The length of pretarsus IV in Archidispus varies among different species. Archidispus irregularis sp. nov. represents the most reduced pretarsus IV in the genus.
ISSN:0013-8746
1938-2901
DOI:10.1093/aesa/sav099