Author = Frolov, Andrey
Number of Articles: 1
Two new species of Pavania(Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae) associated with scarab beetles(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Tanzania and Madagascar
Volume 11, Issue 4, Autumn 2022, Pages 545-558
https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v11i4.76531
Alexander Khaustov, Andrey Frolov
Abstract Two new species of Pavania (Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae) phoretic on dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scara-baeidae), P. neoafricana sp. nov. has been collected on Heliocopris neptunus in Tanzania, and P. madagascariensis sp. nov. has been collected on Helictipleurus quadripunctatus in Madagascar are described. The updated key to species of the genus Pavania is provided. The family Dolichocybidae is reported from Madagascar for the first time.