Ramusella (Dosangoppia) bochkovi (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae), a new subgenus and species of oribatid mites phoretic on Ceratophyus polyceros (Pallas, 1771) (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from Russia

Sergey G. Ermilov; Andrey V. Frolov

doi:10.11158/saa.24.2.4

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12 February 2019 Ramusella (Dosangoppia) bochkovi (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae), a new subgenus and species of oribatid mites phoretic on Ceratophyus polyceros (Pallas, 1771) (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from Russia

Sergey G. Ermilov, Andrey V. Frolov

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24(2):209-221 (2019). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.2.4

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A new oribatid mite subgenus, Ramusella (Dosangoppia) subgen. nov. (Oribatida, Oppiidae), with Ramusella (Dosangoppia) bochkovi sp. nov. as type species, is described based on adults phoretic on beetles of Ceratophyus polyceros (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) collected from southwest of Russia. It is distinguished from other oppiid taxa by the presence of modified leg claws I and II (thick, specifically curved) performing the function of attachment to setae of the beetle hosts at a phoresy.

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Sergey G. Ermilov and Andrey V. Frolov "Ramusella (Dosangoppia) bochkovi (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae), a new subgenus and species of oribatid mites phoretic on Ceratophyus polyceros (Pallas, 1771) (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from Russia," Systematic and Applied Acarology 24(2), 209-221, (12 February 2019). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.2.4

Received: 14 December 2018; Accepted: 22 January 2019; Published: 12 February 2019

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