A new species of Orolaelaps De Leon (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) from Cuba

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

Andrei V. Tolstikov,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; e-mail: a.v.tolstikov@utmn.ru

Acknowledgments:

This research was supported by the cooperative agreement No. FEWZ-2021–0004 from the Rus¬sian Ministry of Science and Higher Education. We also thank Dr. Dania Prieto (Universidad de la Habana, Cuba) for her collaboration on the studies of the mites of Cuba.

Annotation:

A new melicharid mite of the genus Orolaelaps De Leon, 1963, O. guanahacabibensis sp.n., is described based on female specimens collected from coastal soil litter in Cuba. The genus Orolaelaps is reported for the first time from Cuba. A dichotomous key for the identification of females of the world species classified in the genus Orolaelaps is provided.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2022-30-1-79-88 

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