A NEW SPECIES OF THE FAMILY ALYCIDAE (ACARI, ENDEOSTIGMATA) FROM SOUTHERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA

About author:

Matti Uusitalo, Zoological Museum, Center for Biodiversity, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Acknowledgments:

I thank the following people for their general help and technical assistance: Dr. Pekka T. Lehtinen (Senior Curator of ZMT), the late Dr. Michael Saaristo, Mrs. Ritva Penttinen (MSc), Mr. Veikko Rinne (MSc), Mr. Seppo Koponen (PhL) and Mr. Ari Karhilahti from the University of Turku. The grant of the Finnish Academy of Sciences made my expedition to Siberia in 1995 possible. I also thank Dr. Sergei Mironov (Zoological Institute RAS, Russia) and two anonymous reviewers, who have provided helpful suggestions.

Annotation:

A new species is described from southern Siberia, Tuva Republic, Russia: Amphialycus (Amphialycus) holarcticus sp. n. (Acari, Endeostigmata, Alycidae). This species can be recognized by its broad naso with longitudinally arranged striae; two pairs of cheliceral setae, posterior one being forked; three pairs of adoral setae; and a large number of genital setae. Two pairs of palpal eupathidia are close to each other, representing a kind of transitional form towards the fusion of the basal parts of eupathidia, observed in the subgenus Orthacarus.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2020-28-2-109-113

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