FIRST RECORD OF MITE FAMILY DASYTHYREIDAE (ACARI: RAPHIGNATHOIDEA) FROM EUROPE WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS DASYTHYREUS FROM EUROPEAN PART OF RUSSIA

About authors:

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Abramov V.V., Gagarin str. 12, Suvorov, Tula distr., 301430, Russia

Annotation:

The mite family Dasythyreidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) is recorded from Europe for the first time. A new species Dasythyreus polytrichus sp. n. collected on bark of spruce is described from the European part of Russia.

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