HESPEROMYOBIA (ACARI: MYOBIIDAE: RADFORDIA), A NEW SUBGENUS OF MYOBIID MITES FROM RODENTS OF THE FAMILY HESPEROMYIDAE (RODENTIA)

About author:

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

Acknowledgments:

We are grateful to Mrs. G.I. Baranova (ZIN) for the loan of the  alcohol-preserved Sigmodon hispidus specimen and to Dr. S.V. Mironov (ZIN), for critical review of the manuscript.

Annotation:

A new subgenus Hesperomyobia subgen.nov. of the myobiid mites of the genus Radfordia (Acari: Myobiidae) is established. The type species Radfor-dia (Hesperomyobia) sigmodontis Radford, 1951 n.comb. is redescribed. The subgenus includes 8 species which are associated exclusively with the rodent family Hesperomyidae from the New World. A key to all species is provided.

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