A NEW SPECIES OF CARABOACARUS (ACARI: СARABOACARIDAE) FROM CALOSOMA DENTICOLLE (CARABIDAE) FROM RUSSIA

About author:

M.M. Eidelberg, Crimean Institute of Ecology and Projecting, Yalta, Crimea, 98612 Ukraine

Acknowledgments:

Information, specimens, opinions and other aid given by the following acarologists and entomologists are especially appreciated: R.W.Husband, Biology Dept. of Adrian College, Michigan, USA; V.D.Sevastjanov, Odessa University, Ukraine; V.V.Grebennikov, Rostov University, Russia.

Annotation:

Caraboacarus krczali sp.n. (Acari: Caraboacaridae) is described from Calosoma denticolle Gebl. (Carabidae) from Rostov Region, Russia, and noted from Calosoma auropunctatum Hrbst. and C.denticollefromCrimea, Ukraine. It differsfromthe other five known species of the genus in having thin and long ventral setae 3c and lancetiform pointed setae 4c.

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