A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS ONCHODELLUS (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA: PACHYLAELAPIDAE) FROM CRIMEA, UKRAINE

About authors:

Mašán P., Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845-06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Maslov S.I., Nikita Botanical Gardens — National Scientific Center, Yalta, Crimea 98648, Ukraine
Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Annotation:

A new species, Onchodellus euparadactylifer sp. n., collected from the sea debris on the shore of the Black Sea in Crimea is described.

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