TWO NEW SPECIES OF MITES OF THE GENUS ARCHIDISPUS (ACARINA: HETEROSTIGMATA: SCUTACARIDAE) FROM BYELORUSSIA AND CRIMEA

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

Acknowledgments:

I thank Dr. Eidelberg, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, for sharing his material on scutacarid mites collect-ed on carabid beetles. I also thank Prof. E. Eber-mann, Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens Univer-sity, Graz, Austria, for helpful suggestions.

Abstract:

Two new species of mites of the genus Archidis-pus Karafiat, 1959 are described, Archidispus be-lorussicus sp.n. from Byelorussia and A. tauricus sp.n. from Crimea. Both species were found to be phoretic on carabid beetles.

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