FIRST RECORD AND REDESCRIPTION OF PARACAROPHENAX BAMBERGENSIS (ACARI: HETEROSTIGMATA: ACAROPHENACIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH AMPHOTIS MARGINATA (COLEOPTERA: NITIDULIDAE) FROM EUROPEAN 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:

A rare species, Paracarophenax bambergensis (Krczal, 1959) (Acari: Acarophenacidae), is redescribed based on phoretic females collected under the elytra of a sap beetle Amphotis marginata (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in European Russia.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2019-27-1-45-51

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