A new genus and species of termitophilous pygmephorid mites, Pseudoluciaphorus tuberosusgen. nov. and sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Pygmephoridae), associated with termites, Microcerotermes parvus (Haviland) (Isoptera: Termitidae) are described from South Africa. Luciaphorus perniciosus Rack is recorded from Africa for the first time. Images of phoretic females of L. perniciosus phoretic on workers and soldiers of Microcerotermes parvus are provided.
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25 October 2019
A new genus, new species and a new record of the family Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Microcerotermes parvus (Haviland) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa
Alexander A. Khaustov,
Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee,
Sergey G. Ermilov
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new taxa
phoresy
Pygmephoroidea
systematics
termite