A new genus, new species and a new record of the family Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Microcerotermes parvus (Haviland) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa

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

doi:10.11158/saa.24.10.7

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Alexander A. Khaustov,^1,* Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee,^2,3 Sergey G. Ermilov¹

¹1. Tyumen State University, Tyumen, 10 Semakova Str., 625003 Russia. E-mail: alkhaustov@mail.ru
²2. Department of Acarology, National Museum, PO Box 266, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa. E-mail: Lh
³3. Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

^* Corresponding author (tel. +70323202178)

Abstract

A new genus and species of termitophilous pygmephorid mites, Pseudoluciaphorus tuberosusgen. nov. and sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Pygmephoridae), associated with termites, Microcerotermes parvus (Haviland) (Isoptera: Termitidae) are described from South Africa. Luciaphorus perniciosus Rack is recorded from Africa for the first time. Images of phoretic females of L. perniciosus phoretic on workers and soldiers of Microcerotermes parvus are provided.

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Alexander A. Khaustov, Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee, and Sergey G. Ermilov "A new genus, new species and a new record of the family Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Microcerotermes parvus (Haviland) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa," Systematic and Applied Acarology 24(10), 1881-1892, (25 October 2019). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.10.7

Received: 11 June 2019; Accepted: 8 September 2019; Published: 25 October 2019

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