First record of the mite genus Rackia (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Neopygmephoridae) from Arctic Russia with description of a new species

The genus Rackia Mahunka, 1975 (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Neopygmephoridae) is recorded from Russia for the first time. A new species, Rackia curculionoides sp. n. is described from soil of the arctic Vaigach Island, the north of Eastern Siberia. A key to species of the genus Rackia is provided. It was...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acarina
Main Authors: Khaustov, A. A., Makarova, O. L.
Other Authors: Tolstikov, A. V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Издательство Тюменского государственного университета 2016
Subjects:
Acarina
Pygmephoroidea
systematics
tundra
key
Arctic
Tundra
Mite
Siberia
Online Access:https://elib.utmn.ru/jspui/handle/ru-tsu/12854
https://doi.org/10.21684/0132-8077.2016.24.1.55.60
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Summary:The genus Rackia Mahunka, 1975 (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Neopygmephoridae) is recorded from Russia for the first time. A new species, Rackia curculionoides sp. n. is described from soil of the arctic Vaigach Island, the north of Eastern Siberia. A key to species of the genus Rackia is provided. It was suggested that the elongated gnathosomal capsule in Rackia curculionoides sp. n. and other species of Rackia is a result of homoplasy.

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