Two New Myrmecophilous scutacarus (Acari: Scutacaridae) from South Africa

Alexander A. Khaustov; Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee; Sergey G. Ermilov

doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.3.011

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Alexander A. Khaustovhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-112X,^1,* Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzeehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0525-9049,^2,3 Sergey G. Ermilovhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0913-131X¹

¹Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO) Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; e–mail: alex1973khaustov@gmail.com (ORCID: Khaustov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-112X, Ermilov http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0913-131X)
²Terrestrial Invertebrate Department, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa; e-mail: Lhugo@nasmus.co.za
³Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa (ORCID: Hugo 0000-0003-0525-9049)

^*Corresponding author

Abstract

Two new species of Scutacaridae, Scutacarus variabilissp. nov. and S. olszanowskiisp. nov. are described from Faan Meintjes Nature Reserve, central South Africa. Both species were collected from the workers of Anoplolepis sp. ants. An unusual variability in number of setae on tibiotarsus IV in S. variabilis is discussed.

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Alexander A. Khaustov, Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee, and Sergey G. Ermilov "Two New Myrmecophilous scutacarus (Acari: Scutacaridae) from South Africa," Annales Zoologici 70(3), 397-407, (30 September 2020). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.3.011

Received: 8 May 2020; Accepted: 10 August 2020; Published: 30 September 2020

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