A NEW SPECIES OF PAVANIA (ACARI: HETEROSTIGMATA: DOLICHOCYBIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH FRANKENBERGERIUS GOMESI (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) FROM SOUTH AFRICA

About authors:

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Andrey V. Frolov, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Annotation:

A new species from South Africa, Pavania africana sp.n. (Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae), phoretic on the dung beetle Frankenbergerius gomesi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), is described. The key to species of the genus Pavania is also provided.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2018-26-1-133-140

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