DESCRIPTION OF THE FEMALE OF THE MYRMECOPHILOUS MITE ANTENNOPHORUS GOESSWALDI WIŚNIEWSKI ET HIRSCHMANN, 1992 (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA: ANTENNOPHORIDAE)

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Trach V.A., I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Shampanskij al. 2, Odessa, 65058 Ukraine
Bobylev A.N., Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

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The first description of the female of Antennophorus goesswaldi Wiśniewski et Hirschmann, 1992 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Antennophoridae) associated with the ant Lasius flavus Fabricius, 1781 (Hymenopteta: Formicidae) from Crimea is provided. The family Antennophoridae is recorded in Crimea for the first time.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2018-26-2-227-235

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