A NEW SPECIES OF THE MITE GENUS PSEUDOBONZIA SMILEY, 1975 (ACARINA: PROSTIGMATA: CUNAXIDAE) FROM UKRAINE

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Acknowledgments:

I would like to thank Drs. S.F. Uzhevskaya (Odessa National University, Ukraine), V.E. Sclyar (Poltava, Ukraine), A.A. Khaustov (Nikita Botan-ical Gardens—National Scientific Center, Ukraine), L. Tur (Kherson National University, Ukraine) and M. Fuangarworn (Chulalongkorn University, Thai-land) for providing me material and references. I also thank Dr. A.A. Khaustov for reviewing the manuscript and helpful suggestions.

Annotation:

Female, male, and tritony mph of the mite Pseu-dobonzia kuznetsovi sp. n. are described from Ukraine. The genus Pseudobonzia is recorded for the first time for Ukraine.

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