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New taxa of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Pygmephoridae, Neopygmephoridae) phoretic on Enoplotrupes sharpi (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Thailand.

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The new species Spatulaphorus enoplotruporum sp. nov. (Acari: Pygmephoridae) and a new monotypic genus and the species Nasutidania orientalis gen., sp. nov. (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) are described phoretic on Enoplotrupes sharpi… Click to show full abstract

The new species Spatulaphorus enoplotruporum sp. nov. (Acari: Pygmephoridae) and a new monotypic genus and the species Nasutidania orientalis gen., sp. nov. (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) are described phoretic on Enoplotrupes sharpi Rothschild and Jordan (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Thailand. A key to the world species of the genus Spatulaphorus is also provided.

Keywords: phoretic enoplotrupes; enoplotrupes sharpi; geotrupidae thailand; coleoptera geotrupidae

Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2018

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