A NEW SPECIES OF MITES OF THE FAMILY SCUTACARIDAE (ACARI: HETEROSTIGMATA) ASSOCIATED WITH PASIRA MEDITERRANEA (HETEROPTERA, REDUVIIDAE) FROM CRIMEA

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

Acknowledgments:

Author thanks Dr P. V. Puchkov, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Kiev, Ukraine for identifica-tion of the reduviid species.

Annotation:

A new species of mites of the family Scutacari-dae (Acari: Heterostigmata), Imparipes nikitensis sp.n., is described from reduviid bugs Pasira med-iterranea Dispons, 1959 (Heteroptera: Reduvii-dae) from Crimea. Phoresy of scutacarid mites on insects of the order Heteroptera is recorded for the first time.

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