A NEW GENUS AND TWO NEW SPECIES OF NEOPYGMEPHORIDAE (ACARI: PYGMEPHOROIDEA) PHORETIC ON SCARAB BEETLES
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2019. 27 (2)Authors:
Alexander A. Khaustov, Andrey V. FrolovAbout authors:
Alexander A. Khaustov,
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X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
Andrey V. Frolov, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Acknowledgments:
Authors thank A.N. Bobylev (Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia) for SEM micrographs. The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) research project No. 18-04-01092A. The junior author’s portion of the study was performed in the framework of the state research project АААА-А19-119020690101-6.Annotation:
A. cochlearis sp. n., collected from the beetle Apogonia destructor Bos (Scarabaeidae: Melolontinae) in Indonesia; and A. madagascariensis sp. n., collected from the beetle Adoretus cf. vittatus Brenske (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) in Madagascar—are described.
DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2019-27-2-209-220
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