A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS PYGMEPHORELLUS (ACARI: HETEROSTIGMATA: PYGMEPHORIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH GEOTRUPES STERCORARIUS (COLEOPTERA: GEOTRUPIDAE) FROM CRIMEA

About author:

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Acknowledgments:

I thank Dr. V.V. Martynov (Donetsk National University, Ukraine) for identification of the host beetle.

Annotation:

A new species, Pygmephorellus tauricus sp. n., phoretic on Geotrupes stercorarius (L.) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) is
described from Crimea.

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