NEW DATA ON THE FAUNA OF STIGMAEIDAE (ACARI: PROSTIGMATA) OF THE ALTAI REPUBLIC, RUSSIA

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

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During the 2021–2022 study of predatory mites of the Altai Republic (Russia), six additional species of the family Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) have been recorded, of which Stigmaeus neosolidus sp. n. and S. altaicus sp. n. are new to science. Eustigmaeus lacunus and Ledermuelleriopsis ariyai have been recorded from Russia for the first time and redescribed based on the materials from the Altai. Eustigmaeus collarti and Stigmaeus fusus have been recorded from the Altai Republic for the girst time.

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