NEW DATA ON TWO GAMASID MITES (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA) FROM RUSSIA

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

Irina I. Marchenko, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Novosibirsk, Russia
Richard W. Hofstetter, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
Vladimir V. Abramov, Independent Researcher, Suvorov, Russia

Acknowledgments:

This research was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, project № 20-64-47015.

Annotation:

We present the first record of Longoseius (Longoseius) longus (Mesostigmata: Digamasellidae) from Russia. It was collected on a longhorn beetle Stictoleptura variicornis (Dalman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). In addition, a detailed redescription of the female Leioseius mirabilis Nikolsky, 1981 (Mesostigmata: Ascidae) is provided. This species, known only from the type series, was found in coniferous-deciduous forest litter in eastern Russia (Primorye Territory). Our work also presents the first description of the male Leioseius mirabilis.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2021-29-1-81-93

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