Myrmecophilous pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Russia

Twenty four species of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Neopygmephoridae, Scutacaridae, Microdispidae) are recorded from the ant Lasius flavus (Fabricius) or from its nests from Western Siberia and Crimea. Four of them of the genus Scutacarus Gros, 1845 (Acari: Scutacaridae), S. insolitus...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: KHAUSTOV, ALEXANDER A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2015
Subjects:
Acari
Heterostigmata
Neopygmephoridae
Scutacaridae
Microdispidae
Scutacarus
systematics
new species
ants
phoresy
Mite
Siberia
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4044.3.2
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4044.3.2
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Summary:Twenty four species of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Neopygmephoridae, Scutacaridae, Microdispidae) are recorded from the ant Lasius flavus (Fabricius) or from its nests from Western Siberia and Crimea. Four of them of the genus Scutacarus Gros, 1845 (Acari: Scutacaridae), S. insolitus sp. nov., S. heterotrichus sp. nov., S. moseri sp. nov. and S. sibiriensis sp. nov. are described as new for science. Four species of scutacarid mites are recorded for the first time in Russia. The comparison of pygmephoroid mite communities associated with Lasius flavus from Crimean and West Siberian populations and notes on phoresy of pygmephoroid mites on ants are provided.

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