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A new species, Paracarophenax triplaxophilus n. sp. (Acari: Acarophenacidae), is described based on phoretic females collected under the elytra of a mycophagous beetle Triplax scutellaris Charpentier, 1825 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in… Click to show full abstract
A new species, Paracarophenax triplaxophilus n. sp. (Acari: Acarophenacidae), is described based on phoretic females collected under the elytra of a mycophagous beetle Triplax scutellaris Charpentier, 1825 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in European Russia. An updated key to species of Paracarophenax is provided. Homologies of some gnathosomal structures of acarophenacid mites are re-evaluated.
Keywords:
coleoptera erotylidae;
new species;
species paracarophenax;
triplax scutellaris;
erotylidae european;
european russia
Journal Title: Acarologia
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Acarologia
Year Published: 2018
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