A NEW SPECIES OF PAVANIA (ACARI: HETEROSTIGMATA: DOLICHOCYBIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH SCARABAEUS TYPHON (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) FROM RUSSIA

About authors:

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Andrey V. Frolov, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Acknowledgments:

The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), research project No. 18-04-01092A. The study of the junior author was performed in the framework of the state research project АААА-А19-119020690101-6.

Annotation:

A new species Pavania foliata sp. n. (Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae), phoretic on dung beetle Scarabaeus typhon Fischer-Waldheim (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from southwest Russia, is described. The updated key to the species of the genus Pavania is provided.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2020-28-2-169-176

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