A new species and a new record of Caligonellidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from Russia

Khaustov, Alexander

doi:10.22073/pja.v13i1.83381

A new species and a new record of Caligonellidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from Russia

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Alexander Khaustov

Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Volodarskogo 6, 625003 Russia

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v13i1.83381

Abstract

Female of Neognathus beshtauiensis sp. nov. (Acari: Caligonellidae) is described from soil sample collected from the Beshtau mountain in Stavropol Krai of Northern Caucasus. Molothrognathus venustus (Khaustov & Kuznetsov) is recorded from Russia for the first time and its female and male are redescribed based on materials from the Tyumen Oblast of Russia.

Keywords

Mites

morphology

Molothrognathus

Neognathus

Prostigmata

systematics

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