ON A TAXONOMY OF PREDATORY MITES OF THE GENUS NEOEUCHEYLA RADFORD, 1950 AND RELATED GENERA (ACARI: CHEYLETIDAE)

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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

Sergey V. Mironov, e-mail

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Acknowledgments:

The research has been supported by the grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant  №97-04-48977.

Annotation:

Relationships within the Neoeucheyla generic group (Acari: Cheyletidae) are studied by means of cladistic methods with HENNIG 86 software. The analysis of 12 species shows, that this group consists of 3 valid genera: Neoeucheyla Radford, 1950 (2 species), Bothrocheyla (3 species) and Cunlifella (7 species). The latter genus includes two species groups which are characterized by presence or absence of vesicular chambers. New improved diagnoses are proposed for all three genera.

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