A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia

Authors: Khaustov, Alexander Country: Russia DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.454.8709 Published: Jan. 1, 2014 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Acari · Topics: Study of Mite Species, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Viral Infections and Vectors

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Five species of myrmecophilous microdispid mites (Acari: Microdispidae) are recorded from Western Siberia, Russia. Unguidispus lasii Kurosa, 1979, U. japonicus Kurosa, 1979, Caesarodispus minutus (Sevastianov, 1981), and C. samsinaki (Mahunka, 1967), comb. n. are reported from Russia for the first time. Unguidispus polyctenus (Sevastianov, 1969) and Caesarodispus samsinaki are redescribed. The keys to species of the genera Unguidispus Mahunka, 1970 and Caesarodispus Mahunka, 1977 are provided.

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