Neomegistus remus sp. nov. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Paramegistidae) is described from two female specimens collected from Lord's Table Mountain in Queensland on the millipede Proporobolus sp. (Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae). This new mite species is the second for the genus, which was previously known from millipedes in South Africa and Madagascar. We also rediagnose Neomegistus and provide a new diagnosis for Ophiomegistus, whose members share many characters in common with Neomegistus. The leg chaetotaxy for the Paramegistidae is also reviewed.
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1 December 2008
Mites and millipedes: a new Neomegistus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Paramegistidae) from Australia
M.R. Baker,
O.D. Seeman
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Myriapoda
new species
Ophiomegistus
Paramegistoidea
taxonomy