Five new species of Pavania (Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae) phoretic on scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from French Guiana and Malaysia

Alexander A. Khaustov; Andrey V. Frolov

doi:10.11158/saa.25.4.10

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27 April 2020 Five new species of Pavania (Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae) phoretic on scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from French Guiana and Malaysia

Alexander A. Khaustov, Andrey V. Frolov

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 25(4):707-727 (2020). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.25.4.10

Abstract

Five new species of Pavania Lombardini (Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae) associated with scarabaeine beetles are described: P. brevicaudatasp. nov., on Canthon vulcanoae in French Guiana; P. semireductasp. nov., on Canthon quadriguttatus in French Guiana; P. pusillasp. nov., on Canthon bicolor in French Guiana; P. hansreiaphilasp. nov., on Hansreia affinis in French Guiana; and P. copridissp. nov., on Copris agnus in Borneo, Malaysia. A key to world species of Pavania is provided. The family Dolichocybidae is reported from French Guiana and Malaysia for the first time.

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Alexander A. Khaustov and Andrey V. Frolov "Five new species of Pavania (Acari: Heterostigmata: Dolichocybidae) phoretic on scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from French Guiana and Malaysia," Systematic and Applied Acarology 25(4), 707-727, (27 April 2020). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.25.4.10

Received: 14 January 2020; Accepted: 3 March 2020; Published: 27 April 2020

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