A NEW SUBGENUS AND SPECIES OF THE GENUS PREMICRODISPUS (ACARI: HETEROSTIGMATINA: MICRODISPIDAE) FROM CRIMEA

About authors:

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Maslov S.I., Nikita Botanical Gardens — National Scientific Center, Yalta, Crimea 98648, Ukraine

Annotation:

A new monotypic subgenus Premicrodispus (Premicrodispoides) subgen. n. with the type species P. (Premicrodis-poides) punctatus sp. n., collected from algal debris on the shore of the Black Sea in Crimea is described. A key to the subgenera of the genus Premicrodispus Cross, 1965 is provided.

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