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Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-29
Page range: 247–256
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A new genus and species of Schizogyniidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Ukraine

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Shampanskij al. 2, Odessa, 65058, Ukraine.
Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, 4101, Australia.
mites Trigynaspida Antennophorina Celaenopsoidea Euroschizogynium calvum taxonomy key

Abstract

A new genus and species of Schizogyniidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Celaenopsoidea), Euroschizogynium calvum gen. nov. and sp. nov., associated with Scarites terricola Bonelli, 1813 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is described from Ukraine, representing the first record of the family from the Palaearctic. Fusura civica Valle & Fox, 1966 is moved out of the Schizogyniidae and placed into the Megacelaenopsidae. A new diagnosis for the family Schizogyniidae and a key to genera are provided.