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
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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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spelling doaj-bd6bae4e4f7a427c9951aaf81fb33aad2020-11-24T23:04:23ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702014-11-014540132810.3897/zookeys.454.87094232A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western SiberiaAlexander KhaustovFive 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.http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4232
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A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia
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title A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia
title_short A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia
title_full A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia
title_fullStr A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia
title_full_unstemmed A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia
title_sort review of myrmecophilous mites of the family microdispidae (acari, heterostigmatina) of western siberia
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publishDate 2014-11-01
description 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.
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