The first European record of the scutacarid genus Thaumatopelvis Mahunka, 1973 is presented. The mites were extracted from decayed pine litter collected from the Island of Elba (Italy). The finding represents a new species that is described in this paper as Thaumatopelvis blaszaki sp. nov.
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1 June 2008
First Record of the Genus Thaumatopelvis Mahunka (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaridae) from Europe
Ernst Ebermann
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Acari
Elba
new species
Scutacaridae
Thaumatopelvis