TAXONOMY OF MITES OF THE SUBGENUS RADFORDIA EWING, 1938 (ACARI: MYOBIIDAE)

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

A. Fain, Institut royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgie, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000, Bruxelles, Belgium

Acknowledgments:

We are much obliged to Mrs. G.I.Baranova and Mrs. S.Suchoruchenko (ZISP, collection cura-tors of the Laboratory of Mammalogy), for the loan of alcohol-preserved rodent specimens for our study. Authors gratefully thank Dr. M.N.Meyer (ZISP) for the loan of research material for our study, and for consultations on the taxonomy of Muridae.

Annotation:

Three new species of mites of the subgenus Radfordia Ewing, 1938 (Myobiidae: Radfordia) are described: Radfordia (R.) niviventris sp.n., R.(R.) lukoschusi sp.n., R.(R.) berylmysi sp.n. Adults of R.(R.) davisi (Radford, 1938) are described and depicted for the first time. The subgenus Radfordia s.str. is redefined. At present it includes 26 species, all being confined to rodents of the family Muridae. This subgenus is divided into four species-groups and five subgroups. A list of all the known species of Radfordia s.str. with the indication of the hosts is provided.

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