New species and new records of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) from Russia, with a review of the Russian species of the genus

This paper reports on six species of the genus Cosmolaelaps (Laelapidae) in Russia: Cosmolaelaps lutegiensis (Shcherbak) collected from soil-litter, C. chianensis (Gu) and C. rectangularis Sheals, 1962 from Myrmica sp. (Formicidae), and Cosmolaelaps lasiophilus Joharchi sp. nov., Cosmolaelaps latise...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: JOHARCHI, OMID, DÖKER, ISMAIL, KHAUSTOV, VLADIMIR A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2022
Subjects:
Acari
Gamasina
Hypoaspidinae
soil-inhabiting mites
Asian Russia
Western Siberia
Sakhalin Island
phoretic mites
Sakhalin
Siberia
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5133.4.2
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Summary:This paper reports on six species of the genus Cosmolaelaps (Laelapidae) in Russia: Cosmolaelaps lutegiensis (Shcherbak) collected from soil-litter, C. chianensis (Gu) and C. rectangularis Sheals, 1962 from Myrmica sp. (Formicidae), and Cosmolaelaps lasiophilus Joharchi sp. nov., Cosmolaelaps latisetis Joharchi sp. nov., and Cosmolaelaps sejongi Keum et al. from Lasius spp. (Formicidae). Two new species are described and illustrated from adult females and supplementary descriptions of three other species are presented to facilitate species delimitation. In addition, an identification key to all known Russian species of the genus is presented.

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