NEW DATA ON MITES OF THE GENERA ASCA AND BLATTISOCIUS (MESOSTIGMATA, ASCIDAE) IN INDIA ALONGWITH THE DESCRIPTION OF ASCA ANNANDALEISP. N.

About authors:

А.К. Bhattacharyya, Desert Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India, Jhalamand, Pali Road, Jodhpur 342 005, Rajasthan, India
А.К. Sanyal, Zoological Survey of India, М- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, India;

Acknowledgments:

The authors are grateful to the Director, Zoo-logical Survey of India, for providing necessary facilities. Thanks are due to Dr. Sisir K. Bhattach-aryya, Additional Director (Retd.), Zoological Survey of India, for his constant support and encour-agement. Helps extended to us by Dr. Q.H. Baqri and Vijay K. Bangariya, Desert Regional Station,

Zoological Survey of India, Jodhpur is also grate-fully acknowledged.

Annotation:

A new species Asca annandalei from soil un-der wild vegetation in West Bengal, India is de-scribed and illustrated.

Description of male and female of Asca pseu-dospicata is presented. Male of this species is being reported for the first time. Descriptions of females Blattisocius  patagiorum and B. tarsalis are presented, these species are recorded for the first time from India.

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