Two new species of Pseudopygmephorellus Khaustov, 2008 (Acari: Prostigmata: Pygmephoridae) are described: P. orientalissp. nov., collected on Rhyparus breviceps in Papua New Guinea and R. sumatrensis in Sumatra, Indonesia; and P. ovalisetussp. nov., collected on R. breviceps in Papua New Guinea. A key to world species of Pseudopygmephorellus is provided.
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30 August 2019
Two new species of Pseudopygmephorellus (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae) phoretic on beetles of the genus Rhyparus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
Alexander A. Khaustov,
Andrey V. Frolov
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 24 • No. 8
August 2019
Vol. 24 • No. 8
August 2019
new taxa
phoresy
Pygmephoroidea
synhospitality
systematics