A REVIEW OF MITES OF THE GENUS PSEUDOTARSONEMOIDES (ACARI: HETEROSTIGMATA: TARSONEMIDAE) OF CRIMEA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES

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Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Annotation:

Two new species of Pseudotarsonemoides (Acari: Tarsonemidae) are described from Crimea. P.lon-gisetus sp.n. and P.vermiformes sp.n. were collected from galleries of Scolytus intricatus (Ratzeburg, 1837) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). P.innumerabilisVit-zthum, 1923 and P.pteleobii Cooreman, 1963 also reported from the galleries of Scolytus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1787) and Pteleobius vittatus (Fabricius, 1787), respectively. The male of P.longisetus sp.n. described for the first time for the genus.

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