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10 May 2021 First fossil record of mite family Barbutiidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from late Eocene Rovno Amber, with a replacement name Hoplocheylus neosimilis nomen novum (Tarsocheylidae)
Alexander A. Khaustov, Dmitry D. Vorontsov, Evgeny E. Perkovsky, Pavel B. Klimov
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Abstract

The first fossil representative of the family Barbutiidae is recorded from late Eocene Rovno amber. Barbutia theronisp. nov. is described based on deutonymph female. An updated key to deutonymph females of Barbutia is provided. For recently described fossil species Hoplocheylus similisKhaustov, Vorontsov, Perkovsky & Lindquist, 2021 a replacement name H. neosimilisnom. nov. is proposed.

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Alexander A. Khaustov, Dmitry D. Vorontsov, Evgeny E. Perkovsky, and Pavel B. Klimov "First fossil record of mite family Barbutiidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from late Eocene Rovno Amber, with a replacement name Hoplocheylus neosimilis nomen novum (Tarsocheylidae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 26(5), 973-980, (10 May 2021). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.26.5.12
Received: 4 March 2021; Accepted: 31 March 2021; Published: 10 May 2021
KEYWORDS
Acarina
amber
Barbutia
Eocene
fossil
homonymy
Hoplocheylus
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