Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Ukraine

Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Ukraine

Three new species of mesostigmatic mites from Ukraine are described: Gaeolaelaps heteroceri Trach, sp. n. associated with Heterocerus sp. (Coleoptera, Heteroceridae) from Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson Regions; G. khaustovi Trach, sp. n., associated with Bembidion sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Crim...

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Main Author: Trach V. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-02-01
Series:Vestnik Zoologii
Subjects:
mesostigmata
laelapidae
gaeolaelaps
ukraine
beetles
coleoptera
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/vzoo-2016-0001
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spelling doaj-761423ae8fe945308d48652cb6a6e8892021-09-05T20:51:36ZengSciendoVestnik Zoologii2073-23332016-02-0150131610.1515/vzoo-2016-0001vzoo-2016-0001Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from UkraineTrach V. A.0I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Shampanskij al., 2, Odessa, 65058 UkraineThree new species of mesostigmatic mites from Ukraine are described: Gaeolaelaps heteroceri Trach, sp. n. associated with Heterocerus sp. (Coleoptera, Heteroceridae) from Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson Regions; G. khaustovi Trach, sp. n., associated with Bembidion sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Crimea; G. sevastianovi Trach, sp. n. associated with Heterocerus sp. (Coleoptera, Heteroceridae) from Lugansk Region. These three species are characterised by a number of unique characters: very short peritremes and peritrematal shields, elongated dorsal shield, abnormal for Laelapidae leg chaetotaxy. A key to the species of Gaeolaelaps with extra short peritremes is presented.https://doi.org/10.1515/vzoo-2016-0001mesostigmatalaelapidaegaeolaelapsukrainebeetlescoleoptera
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Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Ukraine
Vestnik Zoologii
mesostigmata
laelapidae
gaeolaelaps
ukraine
beetles
coleoptera
author_facet Trach V. A.
author_sort Trach V. A.
title Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Ukraine
title_short Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Ukraine
title_full Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Ukraine
title_fullStr Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Ukraine
title_full_unstemmed Three New Unusual Beetle-Associated Species of the Genus Gaeolaelaps (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) from Ukraine
title_sort three new unusual beetle-associated species of the genus gaeolaelaps (acari, mesostigmata, laelapidae) from ukraine
publisher Sciendo
series Vestnik Zoologii
issn 2073-2333
publishDate 2016-02-01
description Three new species of mesostigmatic mites from Ukraine are described: Gaeolaelaps heteroceri Trach, sp. n. associated with Heterocerus sp. (Coleoptera, Heteroceridae) from Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson Regions; G. khaustovi Trach, sp. n., associated with Bembidion sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Crimea; G. sevastianovi Trach, sp. n. associated with Heterocerus sp. (Coleoptera, Heteroceridae) from Lugansk Region. These three species are characterised by a number of unique characters: very short peritremes and peritrematal shields, elongated dorsal shield, abnormal for Laelapidae leg chaetotaxy. A key to the species of Gaeolaelaps with extra short peritremes is presented.
topic mesostigmata
laelapidae
gaeolaelaps
ukraine
beetles
coleoptera
url https://doi.org/10.1515/vzoo-2016-0001
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