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20 December 2024 First report of Parapygmephorus Cross (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) from Kerala, India, with description of two new species
Amrutha N, Alexander A. Khaustov, Sachin P James
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Abstract

Two new species, Parapygmephorus indicus sp. nov., associated with Apis cerana indica (Apidae) and Parapygmephorus malabarensis sp. nov., associated with Gnathonomia sp. (Halictidae), are described from Kerala, India. This is the first record of the genus Parapygmephorus in India.

Amrutha N, Alexander A. Khaustov, and Sachin P James "First report of Parapygmephorus Cross (Acari: Neopygmephoridae) from Kerala, India, with description of two new species," Systematic and Applied Acarology 29(12), 1661-1672, (20 December 2024). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.29.12.7
Received: 25 September 2024; Accepted: 13 November 2024; Published: 20 December 2024
KEYWORDS
bees
Heterostigmatina
mite
phoresy
Pygmephoroidea
systematics
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