A new genus and species, Tarsobisulcus angulomarginis n. gen., n. sp. (Acari: Tarsonemidae: Pseudotaesonemoidini) is described based on females collected on larvae of the gall midge Xylodiplosis nigritarsis Zett. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in oak wood from Norway. Some aspects of the morphology, systematic relationships and biology of Tarsobisulcus angulomarginis n. gen., n. sp. are discussed.
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28 April 2022
A new genus and species of Pseudotarsonemoidini (Acari: Heterostigmata: Tarsonemidae) associated with xylophagous gall midges in Norway
Alexander A. Khaustov,
Arne Fjellberg,
Evert E. Lindquist
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 27 • No. 6
June 2022
Vol. 27 • No. 6
June 2022
Heterostigmatina
morphology
phoresy
Pseudotarsonemoides
systematics
Tarsonemoidea