REDESCRIPTION OF THE FEMALE OF PODOCINUM CATENUM ISHIKAWA, 1970 (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA: PODOCINIDAE) WITH NEW RECORDS IN WESTERN SIBERIA

About authors:

Trach V.A., I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Shampanskij al. 2, Odessa, 65058 Ukraine
Marchenko I.I., Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Novosibirsk, Russia
Omid Joharchi,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; Department of Plant Protection, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran; Department of Plant Protection, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
e-mail: o.dzhokharchi@utmn.ru

Annotation:

A detailed redescription of a female Podocinum catenum Ishikawa, 1970 is provided with the aid of SEM microscopy. P. catenum is recorded for the first time from Western Siberia. Our finding is the northernmost locality for the family Podocinidae (57°21′N). A key to the species of Podocinum occurring in Asian Russia is provided.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2019-27-1-95-105

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