TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE MITE GENUS ELATTOMA (ACARINA: HETEROSTIGMATA: PYGMEPHORIDAE) FROM RUSSIA AND THE U.S.A.

About author:

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

Acknowledgments:

I thank Dr. M.Y. Mandelshtam, Institute of Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia for providing with the two mite species and identifica-tion of their coleopteran hosts.

Annotation:

Two new species of the mite genus Elattoma Mahunka, 1969 are described. Elattoma alni sp.n. from Russia (Moscow Distr.) and Elattoma alasken-sis sp.n. from the USA (Alaska). Both species were found to be phoretic on bark beetles.

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