We describe a new monotypic genus in the mite family Eviphididae, Platyphis Joharchi & Halliday gen. nov., to accommodate a new species, P. montreuili Joharchi & Halliday sp. nov., from specimens collected on a rare earth-boring dung beetle species, Enoplotrupes bieti (Oberthür) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in Nepal. The new genus differs from all other genera of Eviphididae by having an expansive anal shield. Other distinctive features of the new genus include the moderately narrow deutosternal groove with five rows of denticles, and the internal malae with thick and moderately long fimbriae.
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1 February 2023
A new genus and species of Eviphididae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with an earth-boring dung beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in Nepal
Omid Joharchi,
Bruce Halliday,
Andrey V. Frolov
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Dermanyssina
Eviphidoidea
Indian subcontinent
morphology