REDESCRIPTION OF HYPOASPISELLA PINI (HIRSCHMANN, BERNHARD, GREIM AND GÖTZ) COMB. N. (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA: LAELAPIDAE) WITH A KEY TO WORLD SPECIES OF HYPOASPISELLA WITH SETAE ST1 OFF STERNAL SHIELD

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

Cihan Cilbircioğlu, University of Kastamonu, Organic Agriculture Department, Turkey
İsmail Döker,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural Faculty, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey

Vladimir A. Khaustov,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
e-mail: alex1973khaustov@gmail.com

Acknowledgments:

This research was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, project № 20-64-47015. We cordially thank Dr. Alexander Khaustov (Tyumen State University, Russia) for his help in collecting samples, Vladimir Salavatulin (Tyumen State University) for his help in sorting samples and other technical assistance and Roman Latyntsev (Tyumen State University) for his help with logistics. We are deeply grateful to the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany (to Drs. Jason A. Dunlop and Anja Friederichs, in particular) for their hospitality of the senior author during his visit to the Museum.

Annotation:

Hypoaspisella pini comb. n. is redescribed based on adult females collected from a rotten stump of Siberian spruce (Picea obovata Ledeb.) in Western Siberia (Russia) and from the galleries of Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Turkey. Hypoaspisella pini fits well with the current concept of the genus Hypoaspisella Bernhard. The chelicerae of this species are similar to those of free-living forms, which suggests it may be a predator of small invertebrates, inhabiting bark beetle galleries and decomposing organic matter. Moreover, we provide a world key to the species of Hypoaspisella with setae st1 off sternal shield.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2020-28-2-193-202

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