THE MITE GENUS HISTIOGASTER (ACARI: ACARIDAE) IN THE EASTERN PALAEARCTIC, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES AND REPORT OF PRE-COPULATORY GUARDING

About authors:

Pavel B. Klimov,

University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
e-mail: pklimov@purdue.edu

Vasiliy B. Kolesnikov,

 Voronezh State Pedagogical University, Voronezh, Russia
e-mail: jukoman@yandex.ru

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Andrei V. Tolstikov,

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

Acknowledgments:

This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the framework of the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Genetic Technologies for 2019–2027 (agreement № 075-15-2021-1345, unique identifier RF—193021X0012)

Annotation:

Two new species of the mite genus Histiogaster—H. litoralis sp. n. and H. tareevi sp. n.—are described from Eastern Russia based on males and females. Histiogaster ornata are redescribed based on males, females and heteromorphic deutonymphs. For H. litoralis, pre-copulatory guarding of tritonymphs is reported based on observations in a laboratory culture. This contrasts with the mites from the H. arborsignis species group which lacking this behavior. An annotated checklist and a key to the species of Histiogaster from the Eastern Palearctic are provided.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2022-30-2-121-147

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