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

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 t...

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Main Author: Alexander Khaustov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014-11-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4232
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970