A NEW SPECIES OF GAEOLAELAPS EVANS AND TILL (MESOSTIGMATA: LAELAPIDAE) FROM ZANZIBAR

About authors:

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

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Annotation:

A new mite species of the genus Gaeolaelaps (Laelapidae) collected from soil-litter in Zanzibar, Tanzania, is described and illustrated based on morphological characters of adult females. Gaeolaelaps bochkovi sp. n. has the unusual character state of a three-tined palp tarsal apotele.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2019-27-2-221-227

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