A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES MYCETINOPUS STRIATIPEDIS GEN. AND SP. N. (ACARI: ACARIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH THE HANDSOME FUNGUS BEETLE MYCETINA MARGINALIS IN THE EASTERN PALEARCTIC

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

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

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

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We describe unusual heteromorphic deutonymph of Mycetinopus striatipedis gen. and sp. n. (Acari: Acaridae) phoretic on the handsome fungus beetle Mycetina marginalis (Coleoptera, Endomychidae) in the Eastern Palearctic. These deutonymphs have a unique combination of character states that make them very distinct in the family Acaridae: an unpaired pigmented spot on the anterior propodosoma is present; supracoxal setae scx filiform and bifurcate; genu I with two solenidia; tibia-tarsi I–II are distinctly elongated and striated; vertical setae ve are present, and tarsal setae aa are lacking. Our work emphasizes the importance of continued exploration and documentation of the biodiversity of astigmatid mites associated with invertebrate hosts.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2023-31-2-185-191

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