EUCHEYLETIELLA FAINI SP.N. (ACARI, CHEYLETIDAE), A NEW SPECIES OF PARASITIC MITES FROM OCHOTONA RUFESCENS (GRAY) (LAGOMORPHA, OCHOTONIDAE)

About authors:

Bochkov A. V. , Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

V.G. Malikov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia

Acknowledgments:

Authors wish to express many thanks Dr . S.V. Mironov (ZIN) for the critical comments of the manuscript presented.

Annotation:

Eucheyletiella fa ini sp.n. (Acari, Cheyletidae) is described from Ochotona rufescens (Gray) (Lag-omorpha, Ochotonidae) from Iran and Turkmeni-stan. All instars of these species are discovered. The larva ofEucheyletiella is described for the first time.

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